Happy Holiday - Australia Day!

photo by Caveman Chuck Coker

Happy holiday - Australia Day!

The day of the arrival of The First Fleet

• Celebrate annually on January 26
• To commemorate the arrival of "The First Fleet" at Sydney Cove in 1788
• The First Fleet comprised of 11 ships and was commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip
• The First Fleet contained
  • 10 civil officers
  • 212 marines
  • 28 wives, 17 children of the marines
  • 81 free persons
  • 504 male convicts
  • 192 female convicts
• 1994, all states and territories began celebrating this date as a unified public holiday!

Things to do

• Celebrating Australia! Appreciate thing she has done for you!
• Promote Multi-Culturalism of Australia
• Celebrate, congratulate, admire, and learn from Australia Day Achievement Award Ceremony
• Get together
• BBQ
• Play/watch cricket
• enjoy Big Day Out
• enjoy Australia Day Live Concert
• etc...

Enjoy!

References:

[1] Austalia Day, Wikipedia.org

[2] The First Fleet, Wikipedia.org