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Celebrate WA

, , US • 5 - 9 Employees
Events/Conferences

Celebrate WA is a not-for-profit organisation responsible for promoting and organising the annual WA Day celebrations; promoting excellence and achievement by Western Australians in all fields of endeavour; and encouraging pride in all things Western Australia.The WA Day holiday always takes place on the first Monday in June and is now the focal point for encouraging state-wide participation in the wide range of activities and events that showcase the Western Australian spirit and our many achievements. As a vast geographic area comprising many different urban, rural and regional communities, as well as being a very multicultural community, the emphasis for WA Day celebrations is on inclusion of all people no matter how long they have called themselves Western Australians.The first Monday in June date for WA Day maintains a symbolic link to the previous Foundation Day which marked the day when the first European settlers, under the command of Captain James Stirling RN, Lieutenant Governor, arrived from Britain to settle the Swan River Colony.Foundation Day was formally changed to WA Day following bipartisan political support in the Western Australian Parliament. The legislation emphasised that the new ‘State Day' was to be inclusive for all Western Australians, recognising our Aboriginal history, our early European settlers and the many people from all over the world who have made, and continue to make, Western Australia their home.