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How can you mark January 26 respectfully?

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January 26 marks the arrival of the First Fleet on Australian shores, and has come to have different meanings for many Australians in the centuries since, but for First Nations communities it is a day of mourning.


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By Lucy Murray

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January 26 marks the arrival of the First Fleet on Australian shores, and has come to have different meanings for many Australians in the centuries since, but for First Nations communities it is a day of mourning.



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