Remembering the birth of Australian citizenship

Six of the first ‘naturalised’ Australians in 1949

Six of the first ‘naturalised’ Australians in 1949

Australia Day has been used to mark so many major moments in the country's 226 years since European settlement that they can tend to get lost in the dust. But this year marks the 65th anniversary of one of the most notable. On January the 26th, 1949, Australia, in a sense, stepped out of the shadows.



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