Prime Minister - Australia Day Message Archives

The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister AUSTRALIA DAY 2019 On 26 January, 1788, my forebears, along with many others, arrived in Australia on the First Fleet. They were sick, poor and destitute, and not here by choice. But they made a life like the many others who followed them, helping to build our great nation. For we are a country made up of indigenous people, settlers and immigrants. Australia Day is the day we celebrate all Australians, all their stories, all their journeys. It is a day for us to come together. We do this on January 26 because that was the day Australia changed forever. Before that day there were 60,000 years of indigenous history. After that day, our land was set on the course to the modern Australia we know and love today. We have a great national story. It’s not perfect, but no country has a ...