CANBERRA, Australia — Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous injustice, focusing national attention on a new ...

Maybe Australia should stop trying to find symbolic worth in the past and instead focus on what kind of country it wants to be in the future. In 1988 Australia celebrated its bicentenary. The country ...

January 26 is fast becoming a day that divides, rather than unites our country. So here's why some people want Australia Day moved to a different date. Like most years, Aussies will spend that ...

Australia Day, the country's national holiday on Jan. 26 every year, has been a contentious event to celebrate from the beginning. It marks the day in which the first European settlers arrived in ...

This week marked the observation of Australia’s national day. Unlike most national days throughout the world, Australia Day has become less a day of national celebration and more a day of national ...

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an essential Australia Day read. Here are the works they consider crucial to understanding our culture and ...