From the Narrm invasion day rally, we had an enormous turnout
Abolish days in their entirety. Embrace the night. Dance in the dark, dance dance with the dark.
Can we keep 26th Jan and also have another day. I just want 2 public holidays and make sure it always fall on weekday please
Keep the date keep the name and stop the complain.
First fleet didnt arrive on the 26th and we’re a great country we deserve to celebrate.
The fleet did arrive on the 26th, you’re either just lying or completely ignorant of history.
Learn to have some goddamn compassion for the trauma that started that day.
"Some believe 26 January commemorates the landing of the First Fleet, when convicts from England first set foot in Australia in 1788.
But the ships actually arrived at Sydney’s Botany Bay around a week earlier, sometime between 18-20 January. They decided to shift further north after finding the bay unsuitable."
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/why-australia-day-is-really-held-on-26-january/1bkbb2gyv
I’ll take the apology now, that way you and Rudd can have appolagised to me for the wrongs you and your ancestors perpetuated upon my people.
The 26th was actually the day the fleet set ashore in Sydney Cove, a small bay in Sydney Harbour.
So a meaningless, hollow distinction. This is some real The Card Says Moops shit.
I think that things like wanting to celebrate a country and acknowledgement and a day of mourning and acknowledgement of the horrors that happen to indigenous people can both happen in parallel.
Honestly, if it’s intended to be a day about celebration for the history of a country it’d be cool if in the future people could celebrate the reparations and acknowledgement that have been made since now. It’s like the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was yesterday and the second best time is today. So a movement like this is good because in the future it’ll be another thing to celebrate for your country.
On a related tangent, you guys could get another holiday specifically for remembrance of the lives lost from colonialism and get another holiday! Canada did it a few years back and now they only have 2 months with out a federal holiday.
Edit: For context, this is coming from the perspective of a Canadian, and our founding fucked over the indigenous pretty badly here well up until current day, but super fucked them up until like as late as the 1990s, so that’s where I’m coming from with my feelings and thoughts.
While I’ve got your attention, please support the Dhadjowa foundation:
https://dhadjowa.com.au/pages/donate
So many of the stories we heard today were of loved ones who lost their lives in the hands of police.
What’s Narrm Invasion day?
I’m no expert on the name, but as I understand it Narrm is the traditional name for the CBD of Melbourne and it’s been getting more and more use lately.
Invasion day is a more accurate name given to Australia day which falls on the anniversary of colonial settlers arriving in what is now Sydney. The rally serves to push for the date to be changed to one more appropriate to celebrate, though there is also a movement to abolish it entirely.
It’s also used to spread awareness of other issues faced by Aboriginal people, to demand truth telling from the government and fair recognition of the true owners of the land.
