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Australia – a home away from home Lankan diaspora have settled well into this land down under – By Aubrey Joachim Despite the heated political debate surrounding Australia Day, most peoples of this land will today celebrate an event that laid the foundations for what we all enjoy in this sun-baked country. It was on this date in 1788 that Captain Arthur Phillip commanding 11 convict ships from Great Britain raised the Union Jack at Sydney Cove. While some may view the event with disdain due to unfortunate and perceived unpleasant happenings that followed, it must be appreciated that it was the beginning of modern Australia which many refer to as the ‘lucky country’. True, Captain Phillip may have been desperate to find a location to deposit his ‘undesirable’ cargo of miscreants, but that as they say is history. Over the 236 years that have passed, peoples from every corner ...