'Invasion Day' protests kick-off as thousands march in Sydney

Statue of Captain James Cook at St Kilda beach covered in red paint on Australia Day. Photo: Scott McNaughtonThe statue has previously been targeted by vandals, particularly on Australia Day.Assistant Commissioner Weir said police were undertaking a number of avenues of inquiry and searching for CCTV to catch the vandals.

"We're asking anyone who saw any suspicious activity around that statue and may have any information to contact us at Crime Stoppers," he said. "We encourage respectful debate and we encourage respectful debate and we encourage people to protest peacefully and lawfully - that is neither." January 26 marks the day when Captain Arthur Phillip raised the British flag at Sydney Cove and proclaimed British sovereignty, in 1788.The move led to the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from the land they had inhabited for thousands of years up to the arrival of the First Fleet.Continue reading

Disgusting! This won’t help the cause.

It should be a simple plaque.... the image has no value in our society

You can't change the history 🇦🇺🇦🇺💪

Ah Australia Day, when we remind some people who has the money to pay for their dole.

This peoples shouldn’t live here,

How can we decolonize a former white colony?

Next year we should decapitate it

Why do this to the Cook monument, he only discovred this great big beautiful land we call home, if you have a problem it is with Captain Phillip who landed here on this day that you call invasion day!!

Australian day is celebrating day, whatever you like or not it is fact!

No need to report it to try to make it bigger

Disgusting.

Happy aushtralia day 😁

2. The statue of Saddam Hussein was “defaced” with US approval - one person’s protester is another person’s criminal. Cpn Cook is seen as probably the most powerful symbol of colonisation (and focal point for its apologists) and the bloodshed that entailed, hence the red paint.

1. The date of the first military invasion of this continent was NOT and never WiLL be “Australia Day” - it was the start of the COLONY called NSW - Australia as a nation ONLY came into being on FEDERATION DAY, 1st Jan 1901. THAT date should be “Australia Day.

Ironically if they had to paint it for a work for the dole scheme they would be against it

A great start to our National Day.?

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