From 1792 Pemulwuy resisted colonisation by leading raids ... severely injured by a party of settlers in 1797, before being killed on about 1 June 1802. It’s not surprising in a country the size of ...

Australians celebrated and protested across the country on Sunday as Australia Day drew attention to political differences ...

The anniversary of British colonisation saw mixed reactions across Australia, with both celebrations and protests taking place.

“Australians are seeing before their eyes the decline ... the day Captain Arthur Phillip landed on Australian shores was the beginning of the colonisation of Aboriginal people and their land.

which also used to appear in full on the Australia Day website before at some point being replaced with the abridged summary. A spokesperson for the NADC confirmed that “significant updates to ...

Australia Day marks a British colony being established at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788, which eventually led to Britain claiming the entire country without a treaty with its Indigenous inhabitants.

People gather for a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony during the We-Akon Dilinja Mourning Reflection Ceremony on Australia Day in Melbourne, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (Diego Fedele/AAP Image ...