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Australia day was created after the Citizenship act was legislated in 1948 and enacted on 26th Jan, 1949. This removed our title as British subjects and gave us the title of Australian citizens with our own passport. It also allowed people who wished to migrate the opportunity to become Australian citizens. It is not related to the colonisation in 1788 as we were not Australians.
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/citizenship-act WallyVS ( talk) 23:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I hope you have a chance to correct the article. WallyVS ( talk) 23:02, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Willthorpe moved the paragraph about merchandising and "boycott Woolworths" etc from Australia Day [1] to Australia Day debate [2], but I'm not sure that is the right place for it. The Australia Day debate article is primarily about the date, whereas the Kmart, Woolworths, Aldi have not made any mention of changing the date. The specific section Australia Day debate § Political responses does not seem correct because the retailers are not saying that it is a political move (although Dutton and Michael Sukkar are claiming that it is).
What to do other editors think? Mitch Ames ( talk) 00:03, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
... a new section Australia Day debate § Commercial responses— Done. Mitch Ames ( talk) 12:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm concerned about this claim in the second paragraph: "The date of 26 January 1788 marks the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia". The referenced website has been taken down and I can find no other source that makes this claim. Elsewhere in wikipedia tends to contradict it, including the article itself. We know that Cook had already proclaimed sovereignty at Possession island in 1770 and that the NSW colony was proclaimed on 7 February. Caviare ( talk) 00:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Willthorpe: In the infobox there is a section labelled "Also called", which currently includes the entries "Anniversary Day", "Foundation Day", "Survival Day", and "Invasion Day". I don't plan to dispute that those four entries are actually used as alternative names for Australia Day. However, it's clear that the latter two are pejorative terms used to protest the celebration. Given the scope of this article is clearly the public holiday and its celebration, with criticism covered in the Australia Day debate article, the latter two should be separated from the former two to make clear that "Survival Day" and "Invasion Day" are not used as alternative terms for the celebration. I did this by adding "In protest:" to separate the list but Willthorpe considered this inaccurate, citing some recent usage of the term "Survival Day" as an alternative name by NITV and some local governments. However, both are still using that term as an acknowledgement of the "mixed nature of the day", and so it is still a protest term. I don't mind how the list is separated but the latter two names need to be clearly identified as having a different purpose and use to the other two. 5225C ( talk • contributions) 04:45, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Shouldn't be a "also known as" as it pushes a negative view on the holiday Neanderthal4914 ( talk) 04:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
{{
infobox holiday|nickame}}
, which is "any ... alternatives ... for the holiday_name or official_name".
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Australia day was created after the Citizenship act was legislated in 1948 and enacted on 26th Jan, 1949. This removed our title as British subjects and gave us the title of Australian citizens with our own passport. It also allowed people who wished to migrate the opportunity to become Australian citizens. It is not related to the colonisation in 1788 as we were not Australians.
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/citizenship-act WallyVS ( talk) 23:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I hope you have a chance to correct the article. WallyVS ( talk) 23:02, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Willthorpe moved the paragraph about merchandising and "boycott Woolworths" etc from Australia Day [1] to Australia Day debate [2], but I'm not sure that is the right place for it. The Australia Day debate article is primarily about the date, whereas the Kmart, Woolworths, Aldi have not made any mention of changing the date. The specific section Australia Day debate § Political responses does not seem correct because the retailers are not saying that it is a political move (although Dutton and Michael Sukkar are claiming that it is).
What to do other editors think? Mitch Ames ( talk) 00:03, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
... a new section Australia Day debate § Commercial responses— Done. Mitch Ames ( talk) 12:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm concerned about this claim in the second paragraph: "The date of 26 January 1788 marks the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia". The referenced website has been taken down and I can find no other source that makes this claim. Elsewhere in wikipedia tends to contradict it, including the article itself. We know that Cook had already proclaimed sovereignty at Possession island in 1770 and that the NSW colony was proclaimed on 7 February. Caviare ( talk) 00:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Willthorpe: In the infobox there is a section labelled "Also called", which currently includes the entries "Anniversary Day", "Foundation Day", "Survival Day", and "Invasion Day". I don't plan to dispute that those four entries are actually used as alternative names for Australia Day. However, it's clear that the latter two are pejorative terms used to protest the celebration. Given the scope of this article is clearly the public holiday and its celebration, with criticism covered in the Australia Day debate article, the latter two should be separated from the former two to make clear that "Survival Day" and "Invasion Day" are not used as alternative terms for the celebration. I did this by adding "In protest:" to separate the list but Willthorpe considered this inaccurate, citing some recent usage of the term "Survival Day" as an alternative name by NITV and some local governments. However, both are still using that term as an acknowledgement of the "mixed nature of the day", and so it is still a protest term. I don't mind how the list is separated but the latter two names need to be clearly identified as having a different purpose and use to the other two. 5225C ( talk • contributions) 04:45, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Shouldn't be a "also known as" as it pushes a negative view on the holiday Neanderthal4914 ( talk) 04:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
{{
infobox holiday|nickame}}
, which is "any ... alternatives ... for the holiday_name or official_name".
Mitch Ames (
talk) 05:05, 27 March 2024 (UTC)