Australia is a modern invention - what the European invaders called the landmass they arrived at. Australia Day commemorates the invasion of the First Fleet. If anyone is truly Australian, it is the Indigenous peoples of Australia. It is ludicrous to hold a day of patriotic celebration that celebrates the beginning of the dispossession, destruction of whole communities and cultural annihilation of the only peoples that are actually Australian.
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This year I’m going to be not celebrating for two days. I leave the country on Invasion Day, go to America and continue...
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