I would call the 26 th of January 1788 the founding of Australia , personally . The initial founding of what would become an Australian state , and the establishment of AngloSaxon culture and law on the island means more to the concept of Australia than the date when the colonies finally federated . Also , today there are plenty of things that predate the official federation of Australia which we consider to be essential parts of Australian history , like Ned Kelly , or the Eureka Rebellion . <| sep |> I ' m sorry you didn ' t have fun playing Pokemon Go . Where I live the game is lively , everyone is willing to walk and talk with each other , and all of our city and state parks are hot spots . It is a very social game and if your area can ' t support that it must be very dull .