Australians celebrated and protested across the country on Sunday as Australia Day drew attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election.Australia Day marks a British colony being established at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788, which eventually led to Britain claiming the entire country without a treaty with its Indigenous inhabitants.Indigenous rights advocates call Jan. 26 “Invasion Day” and protest ral…

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Australians are celebrating and protesting across the country as Australia Day draws attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election

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Australians are celebrating and protesting across the country as Australia Day draws attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election.

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Australians celebrated and protested across the country on Sunday as Australia Day drew attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election.

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Thousands march across Sydney to protest 'Invasion Day'

On Australia's national day, which is celebrated on Sunday, thousands of people have taken to the streets in the country's major cities. They are not talking about Australia Day but about Invasion Day. After all, the day commemorates the moment when the first British colonizers set foot on the island in 1788.

Op de Australische nationale feestdag, die zondag gevierd wordt, zijn in de grote steden van het land duizenden mensen op straat gekomen. Zij hebben het niet over Australia Day maar over Invasion Day, dag van de invasie. De dag herdenkt immers het moment waarop de eerste Britse kolonisatoren voet aan wal van het eiland zetten in 1788.

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Not Australia Day but ‘Invasion Day’: Thousands of Australians denounce consequences of colonisation on national holiday

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 arrival of British colonisers. Crowds rallied in Sydney, Melbourne and other cities on Australia Day, decrying the high incarceration rates, poor health and historic persecution of the continent’s first inhabitants, whose ancestry stretches back 60,000 years. The January 26 na…

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Australia Day divided: Indigenous protests marking ‘Invasion Day’ challenge national holiday celebration

Australians celebrate and protest the anniversary of British colonization

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