SYDNEY, Jan 26 — Tens of thousands of Australians protested over the treatment of Indigenous people on Sunday as the country celebrated a national holiday marking the 1788...
Australia Day divided: Indigenous protests marking ‘ Invasion Day ’ challenge national holiday celebration
The January 26 national day commemorates the arrival of a British fleet in Sydney Harbour to establish a penal colony. In Melbourne, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, some brandishing placards proclaiming “Abolish the Date” and “No Pride in Genocide”. Tens of thousands of Australians protested over the treatment of indigenous people as the country celebrated a national holiday marking the 1788 arrival of British colonisers on January 26. — AFP picIn the run-up to Australia Day, vandals poured red paint over a statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, toppled a monument in Melbourne to a 19th century pioneer, and daubed a war memorial in the city with the words: “Land Back”.
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