A public holiday in South Australia, commemorating the state's foundation on 26 December.
by the turn of the century, Proclamation Day had become a major celebratory event
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The governor of the new colony gathered together some 200 new settlers at Holdfast Bay, and the date was since celebrated by South Australians as Proclamation Day.
The lifesavers would patrol the beach between Proclamation Day and New Year's Day.
Thousands of South Australians celebrated Proclamation Day at Glenelg yesterday.
She and I defer and renegotiate a meeting to exchange Christmas greetings and presents, which may have to become Proclamation Day greetings and presents, or possibly even New Year greetings and presents.
An annual Proclamation Day ceremony celebrates the birth of the colony.
Today became Proclamation Day when they told anyone who would listen how their colony was founded.
Tomorrow was to be Proclamation Day of Australian Federation in Sydney.
They cannot help but be excited as they celebrate Proclamation Day today.
He has taken his children to every Proclamation Day since they were born.
She marked South Australia's Proclamation Day on Friday by urging the nation's leaders to govern for all with "optimism and unity".