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Patriotic ins and outs at the Australian unity jamboree

By Jack Waterford
Updated July 2 2021 - 12:48am, first published January 22 2021 - 12:00pm
Since when did Australia Day become a celebration involving an orgy of ceremonies, festivals, flag-waving, anthems? Picture: Getty Images
Since when did Australia Day become a celebration involving an orgy of ceremonies, festivals, flag-waving, anthems? Picture: Getty Images

It wouldn't be late January if Australians were not being drawn into pointless, damaging and embarrassing "national conversations" about Australia Day, its placement on the anniversary of British settlement and the beginning of Aboriginal displacement, and what, if anything, it means to be Australian.

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