Australia Day is a public holiday which recently causes more and more controversy. Some indigenous people mark this day as the Invasion Day or the Day of Sorrow. There are calls to move Australian Day the another date and two Melbourne municipalities have already voted not to celebrate it. Sometimes protests on the eve of January 26 develop into public actions, for example the Captain Cook's monument in St.Kilda and Burke and Wills monument at Royal Park have been vandalised. Nevertheless for many January 26 remains one of most significant dates of history of the country. Even though in its 230 years of history it was not always celebrated.
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