Welcome to May 9 – the true Australia Day
- Written by Anna Howe, Honorary Professor, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Macquarie University
ShutterstockWe missed out on a holiday for the king’s coronation.
Early next month we are about to get one for his birthday in most states of Australia, on a day that isn’t actually his birthday.
That holiday was Australia’s first, declared by NSW Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788 to mark the birthday of George III. It must have...
