

Change the date for celebrating Australia Day


Change the date for celebrating Australia Day
The issue
On the 26 January while millions of Aussies celebrate Australia Day for Indigenous Australians this is considered a Day Of Mourning as on this day Captain Cook and Captain Arthur Philips declaring this land 'Terra Nullius' (nobody's land) and the notion that with country was 'nobody's land' allowed the British to embark massacres of Indigenous people of the land and was also marks the start of the Frontier Wars.
The 26 January will always be a Day Of Mourning and if Australia is ever going to reconcile its past lets send a message loud and clear '#ChangeTheDate'.
The obvious date is January 1 as this was the date in 1901 which The Australia Constitution but lets all have a discuss about which date we can move Australia Day to so we can more forward as a country.

The issue
On the 26 January while millions of Aussies celebrate Australia Day for Indigenous Australians this is considered a Day Of Mourning as on this day Captain Cook and Captain Arthur Philips declaring this land 'Terra Nullius' (nobody's land) and the notion that with country was 'nobody's land' allowed the British to embark massacres of Indigenous people of the land and was also marks the start of the Frontier Wars.
The 26 January will always be a Day Of Mourning and if Australia is ever going to reconcile its past lets send a message loud and clear '#ChangeTheDate'.
The obvious date is January 1 as this was the date in 1901 which The Australia Constitution but lets all have a discuss about which date we can move Australia Day to so we can more forward as a country.

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Petition created on 18 January 2016