Far right activists have claimed victory after two councils in Sydney and Darwin voted down proposals to move Australia Day celebrations from January 26.

Sydney's Inner West Council and Darwin Council both rejected proposals to move celebrations on separate meetings on Tuesday night.

Darwin Council voted the motion down 7-6 while the Inner West Council took two hours to reject the proposal 8-7.

Inner West Council will do more to address reconciliation despite voting down move Australia Day celebrations from January 26.  'It's time to do more to bring about reconciliation in our own backyard,' mayor Darcy Byrne said

Greens councillor Tom Kiat said he was disappointed at the outcome of the vote on Tuesday night, but would not give up the campaign

More than 200 people packed the Inner West Council's chambers for the first 2018 meeting to see the vote of Greens councillor Tom Kiat's proposal.

His motion called on the council to acknowledge that 'January 26 marks the beginning of the British invasion of the lands of First Nations people ... and is therefore not an appropriate date for an inclusive national celebration.'

Following the rejection the council has pledged to do more to address reconciliation after councillors voted to support mayoral minutes to establish a Frontier War Memorial to commemorate the true history of invasion and colonisation in Sydney.

It will also support a pilot Aboriginal language program with plans to make it available to all preschoolers.

'The time is right to recognise and commemorate the Inner West's unique Aboriginal history,' Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne said in a statement.

Cooks Convicts leader Neil Erikson made good on his 'declaration of war,' of flying to Sydney to attend the Inner West Council meeting

Out of 540 councils across Australia, just five so far have voted to ignore January 26

'Australia was the scene of a frontier war that continued from 1788 to 1934. We've apologised to the stolen generation, but we still haven't acknowledged this devastating conflict.'

Security was beefed up after Cooks Convicts leader Neil Erikson made good on his 'declaration of war,' of flying to Sydney to attend the meeting after promising to 'tear up' the council if the motion to 'dismantle' Australia Day was passed.

'Awesome night, Australia won! No need to crash this council,' he posted on Facebook after the meeting.

At Darwin Council the majority of aldermen voiced their opinions on the date of Australia Day, with most agreeing the day should not be celebrated on January 26.

However, in a tight vote of seven to six, the aldermen decided the public consultation should not go ahead.  

Alderman Emma Young, who put forward the motion, argued it was the responsibility of council to debate big issues like this, the NT Times reported.

'It often takes the power of local action to change national systems,' she said.

However, other aldermen responded saying it was not the role of council to discuss federal decisions.

Ratepayer Dallas Graetz spent the night outside the council chambers, protesting changing the date.

'I don't want to see council wasting my money on this,' he said.

'They should stick to the things they're meant to be doing.'

Out of 540 councils across Australia, just five so far have voted to ignore January 26.