https://archive.nickperkins.au/categories/australia/Recent content in Australia on Nick Perkins ArchiveHugoenTue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1000https://archive.nickperkins.au/nicholasperkins/australia-day-is-not-invasion-day/Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1000https://archive.nickperkins.au/nicholasperkins/australia-day-is-not-invasion-day/<p>January 26 is Australia Day for me, not Invasion Day. I don’t agree with the word ‘invasion’ and think it is divisive.</p> <p>Over the Australia Day long weekend, Australia has been pulled kicking and screaming into community discussion on the day that we celebrate our country. For those not from this nation, January 26 celebrates the arrival of the <a href="http://gutenberg.net.au/first-fleet.html" title="The First Fleet">First Fleet at Botany Bay</a> and the British colonisation of Australia.</p>