Australia Day or Invasion Day?

January 26 marks the official National Day of Australia. But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, the day is anything but celebratory. #AustraliaDay

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[mdwasimuddin]

Trt world should make documentary on farmer protest on India...

[branis]

Same as the American Independence 1776... it wasn't American independence.. it was the official rule of the European colonialists in America.

[RecitationOfQuran]

🌏Who is Muslim here??
*I request you to not to respond to any hate comments on Islam. You are just wasting your time . They are paid but you are just paying it with your valuable time . If you are too much free then please do some Zikrullah*

[syedmedia]

Same goes with usa, Canada, new Zealand, Israel

[jodieholt]

26 January is Australia Day, History cannot be changed.

[robert]

There's way too much disrespect for indigenous Australians by narcissists and leftist's here. At 9:30am on 13 February 2008, Rudd presented the apology to Indigenous Australians as a motion to be voted on by the house. It has since been referred to as the National Apology, or simply The Apology. So this date of reconciliation should be the new date for Australia Day to once and for all.. end the invasion day dispute! Have some bloody respect for the feelings of all Australians, those who spitefully condemn indigenous Australians for opposing the date need a good kicking in the butt for their inconsiderate unapologetic and uneducated mind set and rhetoric! Be kind to our indigenous Australians.

[DJDJDJ]

As an Aboriginal-Australian who loves this country and would die for this country,
I refuse to celebrate my country on the anniversary date the English came here and started culturally-dispossessing, oppressing and murdering my people and ancestors.

Change the date so we can all celebrate,
or there is nothing to celebrate at all. Nobody’s is telling you not to celebrate, just do it on a more respectful day, a date that all Australian citizens can celebrate.

Nobody wants to celebrate Australia more than Aboriginal-Australians, we’re just tired of all the disrespect and negative discourse from non-indigenous people.

The constant vilifying and disrespect towards us in our own country is disgraceful.

Change the date so all of us can celebrate.

[KingsCrossVIP]

I was guilty of celebrating Australia Day with everyone else, it was what we grew up with but from now on it will always be ❤️Aboriginal Rememberance Day - we will never forget❤️

[mdtalhaansari]

Naqba Australia
Aborigines' cause is Palestinians' cause. It is humanity's cause.

[hellothere]

Celebrating this day shows how much our morals have gone down the drain

[ZaoMedong-]

Change the date! The Australian people will no longer celebrate invasion day.

[ItayAI]

North Cyprus day or invasion day?
Erdogan moustache

[ks]

Imagine a world without Britain, Spain, Portugal and France. No imperialism at all.

[banta-pdzj]

The ignorance towards indigenous people seems to only be expressed with dismissiveness rather than with curiosity.
Why?
Because they know that bigotry and hatred rule their hearts and they are too cowardly to contemplate any alternative.

[taino-srvy]

Well what do you expect of a nation's who's origins originate in being prisoners of the british empire?

[asantaraliner]

Is there someone here born at January 26th?

[majorfeelgoodrecords]

It’s the day that the indigenous people of Australia finally left the Stone Age

[Blackwater_House]

Australia Day celebrates an event which occurred on the 26th of January 1949.

[youknowiamright]

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[michealmouse]

If the British had never come in the first place, it is highly likely the east coast of Australia at least would be French. The Dutch might have claimed Tasmania and New Zealand both, and possibly parts of Western Australia as well. How would Australia be like today if it was never colonised by anyone?

Some one was going to colonise Australia eventually. Some of whom are. The Dutch, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Russians,