It is worth noting that Australia Day commemorates the dumping of a cargo of the outcasts of Britain on the shores of the Australian continent. It was not an act of escaping religious oppression, as in the case of America, or the founding of a new political order, as in France.
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Citation
Melleuish, G. C. (2017). No longer tied to Britain, Australia is still searching for its place in the world. The Conversation, January 27 1-3.