Not in the way you might think.

The delivery was straightforward.

It was a relief she'd narrowly missed out on sharing her birthday with Australia Day. By two hours only.

Sadly, January 26 is a divisive day on our country's calendar.

I've written before about not being a fan of Australia Day being celebrated on this date; ad nauseam, in fact.

I wake up uneasy on January 26.

Going by the news headlines and the social media posts, Australia Day is a flurry of booze and boats, hotted-up utes, national flags and river floats.

For our First Nations people, it must make their collective stomachs churn.

On the date we claimed their ancient land as our very own, we party without a worry in the world.

This comes from the top, down.

Speaking on Sydney radio early on Australia Day, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said January 26 was not a day to focus on differences and disagreements in Australian society.

"Of course there are many controversial issues ... and things around this day but today it's a day just to come together ... be thankful for being Australian. Regardless of what our stories are, our experiences, our differences or disagreements that may happen, today is not a day to focus on that. Today's the day to focus on ... who we are, where we've got to and where we're going."

Seriously!

It's classic Scotty from Marketing. Head In The Sand 101.

This is like your mum or dad - back in the 1970s - telling you to say sorry to your sister like you really mean it, play nicely together and ignore whatever problem that was brewing in the first place, undermining everything for evermore. Only, of course, it's far worse than that.

Wiradjuri man and ABC presenter Stan Grant must get weary of spelling out the issues around celebrating Australia Day on January 26 every year.

"I choose not to celebrate what is called Australia Day," he writes.

"I have wrestled with the idea.

"I recognise this country's remarkable achievements and how it has been a haven for those fleeing the worst of the world.

"I am grateful to those of us who have struggled and sacrificed to build this country.

"But I ask just one question: How can a nation in good conscience mark its national day on the date this land was stolen from the First Peoples?"

Why can't we just change the date? Already!

Why can't we change the date to one which all Australians can celebrate? (For the record, I like floats, booze and boats though probably not mixed together.)

MORE MATERIAL GIRL:

There were glimmers of hope for Australians learning to respect and embrace our indigenous culture and history during the past year.

Welcome to Country is not the oddity it once was made to seem; it would be highly unusual now to not pay respect to elders, past, present and emerging.

Always leaders on diversity, ABC TV and SBS have upped their game on representing indigenous views, people and culture, putting mainstream TV to shame.

In a historic moment, the Wallabies sang the Australian anthem partly in indigenous language before their Tri-Nations draw with Argentina last month. The spine-tingling version was hopefully a sign of things to come.

When the words to Advance Australia Fair changed recently to reflect our country was not, in fact, "young", many felt that was a good start too.

Still, we have a long way to go.

It would be great if progress happened faster over the next decade than over the past one.

We owe it to our next generation of Australians.

Happy 10^th birthday, baby mine!