Corgi meetings, moments of silence, and anti-monarchy protests: this is how Australia marked the day of mourning. Read more here:
/Thousands of protesters have marched the streets of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra in opposition to the National Day of Mourning for Queen Elizabeth and "racist colonial imperialism."in response to the government's swift action to declare the one-off public holiday.
While at Canberra's Parliament House, the likes of politicians and ambassadors gathered to commemorate Queen Elizabeth, others were hitting the pavement to stand against the day.Govt slammed for declaring Day of Mourning after ignoring similar First Nations calls for years Brisbane's organised rally began at 11:00am, the same time which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese encouraged Australians to take part in a minute's silence for Queen Elizabeth. Protest organiser and Gomeroi/Kooma woman Ruby Wharton said the lead-up to the public holiday felt similar to Invasion Day, on January 26."[Australians] need to ask themselves why our Head of State doesn't even come from this country. And how the head of state got to this country, that's through murder, through pillaging, through [the] dispossession of lands and First Nations people and that's a continuing, ongoing project," she told NITV News.Ruby Wharton said her community comes together "in times of crisis" and takes "the opportunity to heal through action".In Melbourne, rally organiser Tarneen Onus-Williams said it's important to reflect on the Queen's legacy for Indigenous people. "It is hard to watch this country mourn a monarch who represents the destruction of our lands and our people," said Ms Onus-Williams. "I think we need to remember that the violence that was her legacy, and that violence was genocide and colonialism, and that is the legacy that she left.""Since colonisation we've had atrocities, past atrocities and still occurring to our people all around this country."Since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody we've had no accountability at all in this country for any deaths in custody, which is outrageous."Source:
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