Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Thousands gather for Invasion Day rallies across Australia” – below is their description.
People in major cities across Australia have gathered outside to attend Invasion Day rallies. The 26 January public holiday marks the date the British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the land as unoccupied despite encountering settlements. For many Indigenous Australians and a growing number of non-Indigenous Australians, the day marks ‘Invasion Day’. Chants of ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘always was, always will be Aboriginal land’ rang out during most rallies across the country
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