Australia Day is celebrated annually on January 26th. It is a national holiday in Australia that commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Harbour in 1788. Most Australians do not go to work or school on this day. However, Aboriginal Australians often refer to January 26th as "Invasion Day" or "Survival Day" as they do not view the British colonization positively.

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Week 13 – Australia Day A
Read the text and complete the following questions.
Australia Day is January the 26th
every year. It is a national holiday and most
Australians don’t go to work or school. Australia Day celebrates the day the First
Fleet arrived in Sydney in 1788. The first Australia Day was in 1808. But not all
Australians like this day. Many Aboriginal Australians do not like the idea of a day to
celebrate the British landing. Aborigines call the 26 January "Invasion Day" or
"Survival Day".
1. What is Australia Day?
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2. What date is Australia Day?
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3. Match the following phrases from the text.
1. It is a
2. Australia Day celebrates
3. The first Australia Day
4. Australians don’t go to
5. Aborigines call the 26 January
a. National holiday
b. Work or school
c. “Invasion Day”
d. the First Fleet
e. Was in 1808
4. Underline all the past tense verbs in the text. Highlight all the present
tense verbs.
5. SCRAMBLED SENTENCES. Put the words back into order.
a. is 26th every year Australia Day January
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b. arrived the day first the 1788 in Sydney in fleet
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c. January as "Invasion Day" Aborigines call 26

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6. Australia Day Word search. Find the words.
Aborigines
Beach
Friends
January
Picnic
Twenty six
Anthem
Celebrate
Holiday
National
Summer
Barbeque
First Fleet
Invasion Day
Party
Swim
C S J T G M H C E V I J O T D
I W L Z E O V T A N R A T N I
N I W I L E A P V Y Z N J L P
C M Q I O R L A K K L U U B X
I P D J B Q S F Y T O A D J I
P A A E M I Q P T R Z R A D S
Y B L X O G Q O Y S X Y L X Y
B E O N S E N I G I R O B A T
C A D N A T I O N A L I M H N
B A R S D N E I R F P E F Z E
Y D P B E A C H G E H A H S W
I W J R E X T Y S T M X R S T
M D Y B D Q H J N F S M P T U
P C E C S T U A K T P Q U L Y
D M D S G Q N E F S M O R S Y