Australia may be nearly 120 years old - but Australian citizenship is a newer concept
![The crowd is seen during an Australia Day citizenship ceremony in the city of Waneroo, in Perth's north, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017](https://images.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/1aa016d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2400x1350+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdrupal%2Fyourlanguage%2Fpublic%2Fpodcast_images%2Fthe_crowd_at_an_australia_day_citizenship_ceremony_in_waneroo_perth_wa_aap_16x9.jpg&imwidth=1280)
มีผู้เข้าถือสัญชาติถึง 800 คนในพิธีมอบสัญชาติที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในออสเตรเลีย ณ เทศบาลเมืองวานเนอรูทางตอนเหนือของนครเพิร์ท Source: AAP Image/Rebecca Le May
Australia has been an independent nation for more than 118 years, but citizenship in this country is a much newer concept. So in the lead up to the 70th anniversary of Australian citizenship, we takes a look at how and why it was introduced.
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