January 26 - Australia Day, Survival Day or Invasion Day?

Australia Day celebrations

AUSTRALIA, Perth: A woman holds the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags during the Make Smoking History Survival Day Concert at the Supreme Court Gardens on January 26, 2015. Source: AAP

Australia Day, Survival Day or Invasion Day? Australians hold many different views on what January 26 represents - and this is particularly the case among Indigenous communities. For some, it's a celebration of culture. For others it's a day of mourning. While many see it as a time to pay tribute to the survival and resilience of Australia's first peoples.


January 26 - Australia Day, Survival Day o Invasion Day?


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