Huge crowds attend Invasion Day marches across Australia’s capital cities

by Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian, Jan 26, 2019

Scott Morrison has said 26 January 1788 was “pretty miserable” for his ancestor, in a speech defending the celebration of Australia Day, while tens of thousands of people joined Invasion Day marches around the country calling for the public holiday to be abolished.

Australia: Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) call for 7 Days of Resistance in the lead up to Invasion Day Jan. 20th-26th

Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance invite everybody to participate in the 7 days of resistance initiative starting 20th January leading up to January 26th 2018. Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance will host a series of events during the lead up to the Invasion day rallies in various cities, regional and remote spaces across the country.

Australia: Thousands march against Invasion Day celebrations

Thousands march in Brisbane against Invasion Day/Australia Day, Jan 26, 2017.

By Lucy Mae Beers and Ollie Gillman and Max Margan, Daily Mail, Jan 26, 2017

A fight has erupted between police and thousands protesting ‘Invasion Day’ after a man allegedly tried to set fire to a flag.

Protesters draped in Aboriginal flags marched through Ultimo in Sydney on Australia Day, labelling the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 as a ‘day of killing’.

Video: Invasion Day March Brisbane

Published to YouTube Yupster2501 on Jan 26, 2016

Warning, Some shaky video.
On the 26th of January 2016 we are linking in with other cities and small towns around the country to be heard as one voice and let Australia know that we don’t support CONstitutional reform and the Recognise campaign. It’s about time that we started our own national discussion on what we want weather it is Treaty/Treaties, Independence, A 7th State or a Republic. It is only us who can change our future and let make a future that we all can live in.

 

Australia Day: Invasion Day rallies held across nation

ABC News, January 26, 2016

Invasion Day rallies have been held across the nation to remember the First Fleet landing in Australia and the ensuing killings of Indigenous people.

For many Aboriginal people, Torres Strait Islanders and activists, there is little to celebrate on Australia Day, which is seen as the dispossession of Indigenous land and a day of mourning over the First Fleet’s arrival at Port Jackson, Sydney, in 1788.

Australia Invasion Day 2014

Front of the march in Brisbane on Invasion Day, Jan 26, 2014.

Every January 26, Australia celebrates “Australia Day,” but for many Aboriginal peoples it has become known as Invasion Day.  The annual mobilization includes rallies and events intended to challenge the state’s narrative of colonization and to promote Aboriginal resistance.