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Cassandra Morgan and Luke Costin

Celebrations, mourning as outback marks Australia Day

Thong throwing was among Australia Day-themed festivities at the Broken Hill Hotel. (Stuart Walmsley/AAP PHOTOS)

Country communities are celebrating Australia Day with "best bogan" dress-ups, carp throwing and citizenship ceremonies while underlying division persists with local Indigenous people marking Invasion Day. 

Nico and Sherlyn Sanchez were among about a dozen people granted Australian citizenship in Broken Hill on Friday after the couple moved directly from the Philippines to the regional city about five years ago.

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