'Invasion Day' rallies mark divisive national holiday in Australia
There is currently no mention of indigenous Australians in the constitution, adopted in 1901.
Protests, citizenship festivities to mark contentious Australia Day holiday
A monument depicting Captain James Cook, who arrived in the Pacific 252 years ago triggering British colonisation of the region, was doused in red paint overnight in Melbourne.
Australian state gives world’s oldest rainforest to indigenous group
In striking a new deal to manage the rainforest, Queensland said the Daintree would be returned to the traditional owners of the land.
More graves found at another former indigenous school in Canada
This follows the discovery of the remains of 215 schoolchildren at another former indigenous residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Thousands of Australians defy virus rules to mark ‘Invasion Day’
The celebration of the origins of the modern nation is a time of mourning for indigenous Australians, who have inhabited the land for 65,000 years.
