Published: January 25, 2020
Demonstrations show growing dissatisfaction with the national holiday, which marks the beginning of British colonialism
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Thousands have gathered for Invasion Day rallies across the country to protest against 26 January celebrations and to call on Australians to “pay the rent”.
Demonstrators met in all Australian capital cities as part of a protest movement that supporters said shows growing dissatisfaction with the national holiday, which marks the beginning of British colonialism through the arrival of the first fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788.
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