āInvasion Day is probably the day where Iām most reflective of the past, the struggle of my old people. The terror and the resistance. My grandfathers who laid down their lives for country, my grandmothers who were massacred by forcing to jump down cliff faces holding their children, my own mother and grandmother who were stolen away. I think of my own position as a young black woman, that despitethe massacres, the rape, the theft of country that Iām still here as an aboriginal woman speaking language, connecting with country, doing womenās business but Iām also still fighting. Iām fighting the same fight my grandparents and great grandparents fought. Itās a day to be reflective, a day to mourn, a day to mark survival but itās also not a day to be apathetic. Itās a day to renew the fight, the fire and the resistance, to not forget about the past but to stand up and take back what is rightfully ours.ā Min Meredith
ā26th reminds of my ancestors who fought and died for their lands!! The betrayal and genocide, the stealing of the children, which still happens today!!ā Colin McPherson, Birra-Gubba, Kamilaroi
āIāve never used the term āAustralia Dayā to me itās always been āInvasion Dayā and personally, it should mean a day of reflection and acknowledgement of the True, Real history, not some idealistic fabrication of white mans theft of nations among many other atrocities.ā Vanessa Ross, Bunjalung
āInvasion day to me is a day of mocking! āAustraliansā mock the invasion with a term know as celebration. What a joke. Australia was not founded in 1788. It was stolen with guns and germs and genocide among other things.ā Debbie Rosepetal Green Yamaji
āIt symbolises white manās oppression of the true sovereign people of this land.ā Debbie Woodbridge, Wiradjuri
ā26th of January marks a brutal invasion and genocidal attempts. The truth remains unchanged we are the living breathe of resistance and resilience.ā Chantay Link
āThe Day Genocide began in our country Invasion Day and Celebrating our Sovereignty and Survival of the most Brutal Holocaust of the Oldest Civilization in the World by the most Barbaric Race in the World. We have been here since time immemorial. We will Survive this 228 years of Sophisticated Genocide in the World.ā Lee Nangala Lacey, Aboriginal Embassy Canberra.
āDay of mourningā¦.Day we lost our native land.ā Millie Shillingsworth, Budjiti tribe, Enngonia/Nyngan
āCultural survival!ā Katie Bond, Kabbi Kabbi, Wakka Wakka, Wulli Wulli, Yemen, Jagera
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