JANUARY 26 is Australia Day, a day to celebrate modern Australia and acknowledge our history.

For at least 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have lived in the great southern continent that we now call Australia. For millennia, First Nations Australians have been the land's traditional owners and custodians of a vibrant culture — the oldest continuous culture in the world — that continues to enrich us.

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