Eighty-seven years ago, my great-grandfather marched in mourning on January 26. We need to shift the focus — and the date — of Australia Day.

Australia's national day on Jan. 26 is a date of mourning for many Indigenous Australians ... and speakers spoke of similarities between Aboriginal and Palestinian experiences.

They declared the day an Aboriginal Day of Mourning and called for Indigenous rights because, at the time, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were not allowed to vote (the national act ...

For non-Indigenous Australians, January 26 has in recent years been celebrated as “Australia Day”; for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, it’s Invasion Day — a day of ...

Australia's national day on Jan. 26 is a date of mourning for many Indigenous Australians ... and speakers spoke of similarities between Aboriginal and Palestinian experiences.

For example, in 2023, Professor Bronwyn Carlson of Macquarie University, wrote that “Australia knows this is a Day of Mourning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people because it is the ...