What are you saying ? That every holiday just exists without any basis on a specific date ? You ' re really arguing that Christmas is on the 25 th not for historical reasons but ' just cuz '? No one is asking for the date of Christmas to be changed . Everyone is on the same page about that . The issue is that Australia Day is at the very least based on a day that marks the beginning of a serious point of suffering for the indigenous culture and their way of life . White Australians have continued to demonstrate their apathy towards the struggles of the indigenous community by not just doing the small things , like moving the date of Australia Day as to acknowledge that the beginning of a dark chapter for indigenous people is not worth celebrating . My point about Port Jackson was that was the place they had colonised . They arrived at Botany Bay on Jan 24 , then left for Port Jackson which they landed on the 26 th which then became the first colony . That ' s the date that us celebrated on Australia Day . You ' re point about how it ' s just celebrating being Australian is undermined by the fact that it shouldn ' t bother you in that case . And that having pride in being Australian is very vague as I pointed out in my original post . I ' m just asking that you see this issue from a larger point of view than you ' re own . If you really think that Australia Day is about being Australian then you would agree that every Australian should be able to celebrate their national pride without feeling disenfranchised by other Australians .