Australia Day: Why our destiny requires another date to celebrate

By Jonathan King
Updated January 24 2018 - 1:33pm, first published January 21 2018 - 3:00pm
Illustration: Simon Letch
Illustration: Simon Letch

As the 1788 First Fleet was one of history's great voyages of migration it should, despite the current Australia Day debate, continue to be commemorated, but as a maritime achievement, rather than birth of a nation.

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