Bega District Letters to the Editor, January 25

Updated January 25 2018 - 4:21pm, first published 11:09am
TATHRA FIRE: An aerial view of this weeks tragic fire in Tathra that destroyed three local businesses. Photo: Terry and Kim Dixon
TATHRA FIRE: An aerial view of this weeks tragic fire in Tathra that destroyed three local businesses. Photo: Terry and Kim Dixon

Australia Day date

Australia Day should be about what we celebrate, not what date we do it on. A lot of people think that the 26th of January is an important date, but in reality it is fairly unimportant. Firstly Captain cook did not "discover" Australia on this date. Australia was "discovered" by the Dutch in 1606. The first fleet arrived in Botany Bay over three days from 18-20 January.

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