Demo participants will participate in the annual “Invasion Date” protest march passing through the Melbourne street on January 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: AFP.
Tens of thousands of Australians protested on Sundays (January 26, 2025) to celebrate the public holidays of the UK settlers in 1788.
On the day of Australia, crowds are gathered in Sydney, Melbourne, and other cities, accusing their ancestors to high, health, and historical persecution of their first in the continent, 60,000 years ago. 。
On January 26, National Day commemorates the arrival of the British fleet in Sydney Port to establish a prison.
For many Australians, it is a day to celebrate with friends and family on a barbecue on the beach and backyard.
However, for rights activists, the “invasion date” indicates the period of suppression of indigenous people, such as confiscation of land, massacre, and removing children from families.
In Melbourne, thousands of demonstrations took several swinging placards to take the streets and declare that they are “abolished the date” and “they are not proud of Geno Side.”
“When white people came to Australia, blacks began to die. Why you choose that day?
“It’s a mourning day for me and my mob,” said the indigenous female Tammy Miller.
“It’s about changing the date, but it’s to make people aware of our progress since the white people came,” Miller told AFP.
“We are still fighting the same thing as my grandparents, but I’m very proud to see all the people here,” she said.
Nearingonal day division
On the day of Australia, Vandalus pours red paint into the statue of Sydney of British explorer James Cook, defeats Melbourne monument to a pioneer in the 19th century, and fills the city war monument in words. Ta. “…
At the Civil rights ceremony for 24 immigrants in Canberra, one of about 300 people nationwide said, “This oldest continent is the oldest continuity culture in the world. I praised the unique privilege of sharing.
“It is responsible for our future generation to protect our social unity, maintain the fairness of Australia, and continue to progress in Australia,” he said.
The selection of January 26 as a nationwide day has long divided Australians.
A resolution strategy survey issued on Friday in Herald, Sydney Morning, indicates that holidays have increased from 47 % to 61 % in the past two years.
The constitutional referendum on the reform of indigenous people loses a significant defeat on October 14, 2023, and the attitude seemed to be hardened.
The official data of 3.8 % of Australia’s estimated 3.8 % is indigenous.
Indigenous people have a higher average life expectancy, imprisonment rate, which is eight years shorter than other Australians, have a high unemployment rate for young people, and poor education.
Disclosure -An 11:07 am on January 27, 2025 IST
