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Originally Posted by jester
Paul; that makes it more like Columbus Day vice Independance Day.
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I see what you mean. But Columbus Day celebrates the discovery of the Americas by Christpher Columbus. We don't really have a day of celebration to mark when the Dutch first discovered Australia in 1606, or British Captain James Cook's mapping of (and claiming for Britain of) the east coast of Australia in 1770. Does the USA have a public holiday marking the founding of its first European colony? That would be analagous to Australia Day for us.