Harmony Day Harmony Day is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home - from the traditional owners of this land to those who have come from many countries around the world. Australia is one of the most successful multicultural countries in the world and we should celebrate this and work to maintain it. Facts and Figures There are some fascinating statistics about Australia’s diversity that can be good conversation-starters: nearly half (49 per cent) of Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent who was we identify with over 300 ancestries since 1945, more than 7.5 million people have migrated to Australia 85 per cent of Australians agree multiculturalism has been good for Australia apart from English, the most common languages spoken in Australia are Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek, Tagalog/Filipino, Hindi, Spanish and Punjabi more than 70 Indigenous languages are spoken in Australia. The message of Harmo...