Indigenous communities and allies will mark Invasion Day, or Survival Day, on 26 January with marches, rallies and gatherings for ceremonies and festivals throughout the nation.
Right here’s a information to what’s taking place in every state and territory.
New South Wales
Sydney
At 5.20am, the Sydney Opera Home sails will mild up with an art work by Wiradjuri–Biripi artist James P Simon for a daybreak reflection on the Abroad Passenger Terminal, 3 Round Quay West, The Rocks.
The WugulOra morning ceremony will observe from 7.30am in Barangaroo Reserve for “a celebration of the culture of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation”, together with dance, tune and storytelling.
From 10am individuals will collect at Belmore Park, Haymarket, for a protest and “call to action to reject the colonial narrative, confront the truth of this racist country, and work towards building the movement of justice and Indigenous sovereignty”. The occasion is organised by the Blak Caucus.
The annual Yabun pageant can be held at Victoria Park, Broadway, from 10am to 7pm, that includes actions, panels and discussions, in addition to performances from artists together with Barkaa, Electrical Fields and Troy Cassar-Daley.
From 5pm, We Are Warriors and Powerhouse will host dwell music, dance, artwork, meals and DJs on the College of Sydney’s Manning Home.
Narrandera
A Survival Day march organised by Narrungdera NAIDOC Committee is ready for 10.30am. Meet at 10am at Kurrajong Centre, East Avenue, Narrandera, Wiradjuri Nation, the place individuals will collect earlier than marching to Memorial Gardens.
Wagga Wagga
In Wagga Wagga, the Murun-Dhu – I Dwell, I Breathe Day of Contemplation invitations individuals to collect at Riverina Playhouse at 10am “to contemplate Australia Day” with yarning, movies, documentaries, and animations.
Griffith
Griffith’s Survival Day can be held from 11am to 3pm and can characteristic conventional dances, singing, cultural stalls, dwell music and a free barbecue lunch on the Griffith Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre.
Katoomba
Katoomba’s Survival Day invitations individuals for a barbecue, dwell music, amusement rides and exercise stalls at Katoomba North public faculty, Barton Avenue, from 11am to 3pm.
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy will lead the Sovereignty Day rally from Garema Place at 9.30am, for “land rights, restitution, justice, liberation”.
Victoria
Melbourne
St Kilda’s We-Akon Dilinja (Mourning Reflection) daybreak ceremony will start at 5.45am at Alfred Sq..
The Naarm Invasion Day protest will start at 10am, when individuals will collect on the steps of Parliament Home, Melbourne/Naarm on Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Lands earlier than strolling to Federation Sq..
Gates will open to the Share the Spirit Invasion Day pageant at 11.30am at Treasury Gardens, 2-18 Spring Avenue, the place individuals will collect after the Naarm protest “for some deadly summer vibes coming together as one to celebrate all things culture and connection”.
Torquay
A welcome to nation and smoking ceremony from Wadawurrung Conventional House owners will open the Pilk Purriyn Fact Telling occasion at dawn, from 5.30am to 7am at Cosy Nook seaside, The Esplanade, Torquay.
Ballarat
The shores of Lake Wendouree will host Ballarat’s daybreak ceremony from 5.30am for reflection on “a day of mourning and remembrance of First Peoples who fought in the frontier wars” and “the survival of ongoing traditions and cultures”.
Geelong
Be Tru 2 Uluru is internet hosting a Cry for Fact and Justice rally that may start at Little Malop Avenue, Geelong, at noon and can name for “Truth, Treaty, Country and Justice for First Nation Australians and all other Peoples of Australia.”
Mildura
The Mildura Survival Day rally will start at 11am at Langtree Mall, with the march heading to Jaycee Park Playground, Cureton Avenue, the place there can be dances, speeches, artwork, weaving, conventional medication stalls and a free sausage sizzle.
Portland
The Rejoice Gundtij occasion will occur on the Portland Foreshore from 11am behind the skate park and have neighborhood audio system, native music, artists and meals.
Port Fairy
The reflection and therapeutic ceremony at East Seaside, Port Fairy, will welcome individuals for “truth telling and healing” with dwell music and a barbecue from 5pm.
Northern Territory
Darwin
A smoking ceremony can be held on the Darwin Waterfront, from 7.45am.
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The Justice Not Jails: Survival Day Picnic begins at 10.30am on the Fast Creek Footbridge the place there can be speeches and a sausage sizzle.
Queensland
Brisbane
The We Have Survived! Meanjin rally will begin at Queens Gardens at 10am and march to Musgrave Park.
Sunshine Coast
The Maleny remembrance ceremony and morning tea will begin at 9.30am on the Maleny Neighborhood Centre and can “acknowledge the dispossession of Australia’s First Nations people that began on 26th January 1788 with the invasion of this land by the British”.
The We Have Survived! procession will start at 9am at Basis Sq. (Sunshine Coast Metropolis Corridor), Maroochydore.
Townsville
The Kunbul Survival Day daybreak ceremony will begin at 5.30am, adopted by a solidarity stroll at 10am, after which a pageant at 11am.
Cairns
The Our Fact Issues Invasion Day Rally can be held at 11am at Fogarty Park.
Survival Day Knockouts Reconciliation Carnival is internet hosting a three-day rugby league occasion that includes males’s, ladies’s and underneath 18s groups at Jones Park, Cairns, in addition to a dwell discipline efficiency by O-FOUR.
South Australia
Adelaide
Mourning within the Morning will begin at 7.30am native time at Karrawirra Parri (River Torrens), Tarntanya Wama (Elder Park). A welcome to Kaurna nation can be adopted by audio system, musicians and dancers, and a smoking ceremony by elder Uncle Moogy Sumner.
From 9.30am native time, Kura Yerlo will host a Survival Day celebration at North Haven Surf Lifesaving Membership, with a ceremony, speeches, efficiency, barbecue and workshops.
Mount Barker
A Survival Day occasion themed “Reignite Our Spirit” at Laratinga Pavilion, 100 Springs Street, Mount Barker will begin at 11am. There can be movies, stalls, dwell music, dancing, poetry, political speeches, meals and drinks. The occasion “will respectfully honour our culture, connection and resilience through storytelling, song and dance; as we remember and mourn our past, while embracing healing in the present for a stronger united future”.
Western Australia
Perth
The Sovereignty Day Protest, honouring 237 years of resistance and calling for land rights and liberation, can be held at noon native time at Forrest Chase.
The Birak live performance on the Supreme Courtroom Gardens will characteristic dwell performances, dance, neighborhood stalls, and interactive artwork installations from 3pm to 7.30pm.
The Replicate Respect Rejoice Movie Dome pop-up can be exhibiting a number of movies at Langley Park, Riverside Drive, from 3pm to 8pm.
Fremantle
A number of documentary characteristic and quick movies from Fremantle’s Indigenous centered movie program can be proven “under the stars” at Fremantle Arts Centre, from 6pm.
York
A 3-day Ballardong First pageant in Avon Park can be a “celebration of Aboriginal history and culture through storytelling, language, art, music, dance, and food”. Bush tucker barbecue and cultural performances begin at 6pm.
Broome
The Gimme Membership will open from 4pm for Rubibi Survival Day, an occasion internet hosting performances from Indigenous artists throughout the Kimberley area, in addition to meals vehicles and a bar.
Tasmania
Hobart
Collect at 198 Elizabeth Avenue, Nipaluna / Hobart at 11.15 to depart at 11.30 for a “we won’t celebrate invasion day” avenue march. Individuals will march to parliament lawns for a rally at noon.
Devonport
A second avenue march is organised for Limilinaturi / Devonport, assembly at 106 Finest Avenue at 11.30am to march to Market Sq., Paranapple Centre, for a rally at midday.
