26 January 1788: A convict settlement is establish at Sydney Cove.

Australians are celebrating and protesting across the country as Australia Day draws attention to political differences over ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been vandalised ahead of Australia Day, the second ...

Thousands of people are gathering at Invasion Day rallies across the country, backing calls to abolish or change the date of ...

Arthur Phillip, who had sailed into what is now Sydney Cove with a shipload of convicts, hoisted the British flag and established the first permanent European settlement on the continent of Aust ...

AUSTRALIAN police began an investigation yesterday after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered with red paint and disfigured. The attack took place ahead of Australia Day, which commemorates the ...

It marks the date of British settlement in Australia, coinciding with Commodore Arthur Phillip and his party landing in what became known as Sydney Cove in 1788. The group of ships known as the ...

Australia Day marks the day the British raised the Union Jack flag in Sydney Cove in 1788, which was the start of colonisation. January 26 marks the beginning of British colonisation, a painful ...

Australian Day, observed on January 26, marks the day when the British raised their flag at Sydney Cove to claim the land as their own in 1788. The first time January 26 was celebrated as ...