Invasion Day events around Australia

January 10, 2018
Issue 

This year marks 230 years since British military forces invaded Gadigal land and declared British rule over this continent. One hundred and fifty years later a group of Aboriginal men and women met in the Australia Hall in Sydney to declare January 26 a Day of Mourning.

Every year the Invasion Day protests grow as more and more people realise it is not a day to celebrate but a day to say "enough is enough" and stand with first nations’ people of this country.

January 26 will always be Invasion Day, a day of mourning. But it is also Survival Day, when the whole community can honour the resilience of Aboriginal people and the strength of Indigenous culture. 

Stand and march with Aboriginal people as they declare this always was and always will be Aboriginal land. Check out the list below for an event near you.

Adelaide

Survival Day 2018
11am  Semaphore Rd, Semaphore

Brisbane

Meanjin Invasion Day rally
10.30am  Parliament House Brisbane

Hobart

Change the date march and rally
11.30am  198 Elizabeth Street to Parliament Lawns

Lismore

Invasion Day 2018 Resistance Rally
9am — 12pm  Lismore Local Court
9–11 Zadoc Street, Lismore

Melbourne

Invasion Day 2018 #AbolishAustraliaDay
11am  Parliament House steps
Spring St Melbourne

Perth

Invasion Day 2018
1–3pm  Forrest Chase
200 Murray Street Perth

Sydney

Invasion Day rally and march
10am  The Block, Redfern
Corner Caroline and Louis Streets
Then march to Yabun Festival
Victoria Park

Townsville

Survival Day 2018
Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre
2/68 Flinders Street East, Townsville
Market Stalls open at 7.30am
Survival Day walk through the CBD at 10am

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