Melbourne has voted to change the date of Australia Day away from January 26

While 31 per cent of surveyed participants were happy to keep the date as it is.

Following the results, councillors will meet next week at Tuesday’s Future Melbourne Committee to discuss various options, including advocating to the Federal government.

The City of Melbourne issued a statement that read: “If endorsed, Council will continue to issue permits for events delivered by the State Government and other organisations on Australia Day, while supporting activities that acknowledge First Nations perspectives of 26 January.

“The City of Melbourne is working to advance reconciliation and govern with Aboriginal peoples, however any decision to change the date must be made at a Federal Government level.”

Last week, he told Channel 7’s Sunrise: "No, we have no plans to change Australia Day.”

He added: "I know the Lord Mayor (Sally Capp) there, she is a terrific person.

"I'd say let's focus on recognising the fact that our nation's birth certificate should proudly recognise that we did not begin in 1788, which is what the 26th of January commemorates, it began at least 60,000 years ago with the oldest continuous civilisation on earth.

"That should be a source of pride."

But Indigenous activists have been rallying for decades to change the date, which has been celebrated since 1994, as it marks when the British settlement came to the country..

She said: "It's not about being divisive.

"I do mourn about the fact of what happened to my people."

He said: "If you look at the past two, maybe three years, there's been a big online conversation about it," Nooky said. 

"[Social media] is the place where the conversations spark -- the good conversations and the bad.

 "If they change the date, fine. I'm still not going to celebrate Australia day. Not till I can call myself equal."