Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson New South Wales and raising of the Flag of Great Britain at that site by Governor Arthur Phillip.
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Date of landing of First Fleet in Port Jackson in 1788
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