Do those campaigning against our national day really think that Australia, as we know it, would be here without the British settlement? That gave us not only the foundation pillars of our nation, it assured our continuing security and existence, now seriously endangered by the endless anti-Trump coup.
Without 1788, we cannot assume that this would be an English-speaking, independent, wealthy, until recently well-educated, egalitarian, democratic nation under the rule of law and welcoming to immigration.
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