As daylight emerged over St Kilda beach on Australia Day, representatives of the Boonwurrung traditional owners began a ceremony of We-Akon Dilinja – mourning and reflection.
Here was the demonstration of the complexity around January 26, a day intended to celebrate a multicultural Australia – a nation where, as the majority become more socially and historically aware, those on both extremities of the discussion dig their feet in deeper.The Captain James Cook statue in St Kilda was covered in red paint before the sun rose on Wednesday.
“Wednesday’s painting shows that people are getting tired of the lies. Lots of people are waking up to realise Captain Cook did not discover Australia. He stole our land.” “Through this process we want to realise how colonisation still impacts us today, generations after it happened. There will be so many stories, a lot of it traumatic. But if people learn the truth, I hope they will understand why we need to change the date.”
Wade Stevens, 24, said he would not deface the statue to make a point but understood the frustration of people desperate for change and exasperated by the lack of progress. “It’s important to recognise that it does mean a day that symbolises dispossession and colonisation, everything that went along with that,” Mr Sayer said.
We can change the date to Jan 1 when the states joined as Australia We can celebrate the underdog the Eureka Stockade The Boulder War in gold Kalgoorlie country for workers rights the Irish English French emancipants lives Tear down statues of colonial lords
Meanwhile in Canberra they stood with their Harleys.
Most still getting the dole tomorrow everyday a holiday
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