When Cancel Culture Meets Australia Day

Published on January 15, 2024

Commentary Every year at about this time, the unpatriotic Left begins its campaign to cancel or obliterate that long-established celebration known as Australia Day. This year, I thought I’d get in early and anticipate the onslaught as it begins. Firstly, the facts. Jan. 26 is the anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove, and the raising of the Union Flag (the colours of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. It was not until Feb. 7 that the new colony was formally proclaimed and Captain Phillip’s appointment as governor officially announced, but that first landing on the 26th has acquired a special prominence over more than two centuries and has been celebrated since the early years of the 19th century as Australia’s true foundation day....

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