Australia Day News 2024 Usa. Australia day commemorates the day britain established the state of new south wales a penal colony, arriving in what is now the state capital sydney with a first fleet. Australia day represents, in the best burkean tradition, a partnership between the living, the dead and those yet to be born.
Yet still their spirit lives on and dwells quietly among us on this the 109th. It’s a moment of reflection, so it’s an important piece of the choreography of the day, said chair of the australia day council of new south wales, andrew parker.