#Changethedate

dani

rachelvaIdez

Today is Australia Day (Jan 26) also known as “Invasion Day”. Today marks the day Australia was invaded by white people and stole the sacred land owned by Aboriginal Australians

Wendy Harmer

wendy_harmer

Good piece here on the contested date of Jan 26 as "Australia Day"Know your history, and note, that Aboriginal Australians have been protesting since 1938!https://theconversation.com/australia-day-invasion-day-survival-day-a-long-

Paul Gifford

PaulGifford1

On this #InvasionDay eve, allow me to tell you the story of my ancestor William Broughton, who was one of the invaders who landed on Eora country on 26 January

Amy Thunig

IndigenousX

Groundhog Day approaches - the annual debate about 26 Jan. Maybe there’ll be a few more on the streets. Maybe there’ll be a new hashtag...When ppl ask what I think,

Hyacinth Bucket 64 JenRed

64Hyacinth

1.#AustraliaDay #ChangeTheDate"They would have eaten one another to extinction if we didn't come to Australia"Yes... That was said to me once.The person that said it to, me in all their

Gumleaf, I was on the 12th boat, not feeling flash

GumLeafWhistler

#AustraliaDay One side of my family arrived in Sth Australia in 1836. The other side shortly after. There were no convicts among us.I am proud to call myself an Australian.

Carrick Ryan

realCarrickRyan

Before I kick off this thread, I want to make it clear this is not a political statement on Australia Day, this is an idea for a compromise that I

Sam Connor

criprights

I am a white woman living on Ballardong country; stolen country, never ceded.I agree that we should #ChangeTheDate. It’s not because I am ‘politically correct’ or ‘left wing’ or because

Alfred

TheLeftDivideus

[THE TRUTH ABOUT AUSTRALIA DAY]- Reflections of a High School History Teacher. Today I’ve spent my morning reading and reflecting about our past and our present. Our history is complicated,

Lisa Rafferty - #alwayswasalwayswillbe

Leesidge

So I'm going to start a thread on Indigenous Music. Our culture is full of music, dance and story telling. Some of our musicians are now household names, others will

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