January 26 marks the colonisation of Australia and the grief, heartache and pain that this has inflicted on First Nations people for generations. It is also a moment to recognise the ongoing survival of the oldest existing culture in the world today.
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip raised the British flag at Warrane, marking the beginning of British colonial rule on Gadigal land. This date, originally commemorated as Foundation Day, has evolved into Australia Day. However, this day also represents the start of the invasion, suffering, and dispossession for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The true history of these lands spans over 60,000 years, far preceding colonial times.
When British settlers began colonizing Australia in 1788, between 750,000 and 1.25 Aboriginal Australians are estimated to have lived there. Soon, epidemics ravaged the island’s indigenous people, and British settlers seized Aboriginal lands.
Though some Aboriginal Australians did resist—up to 20,000 indigenous people died in violent conflict on the colony’s frontiers—most were subjugated by massacres and the impoverishment of their communities as British settlers seized their lands.
Between 1910 and 1970, government policies of assimilation led to between 10 and 33 percent of Aboriginal Australian children being forcibly removed from their homes. These “Stolen Generations” were put in adoptive families and institutions and forbidden from speaking their native languages. Their names were often changed.
For many Aboriginal and Torres Trait Islanders, January 26 is a day of mourning, symbolising the loss of their ancestors, their land, and their rights. It recalls the devastating impact of the Frontier Wars, the ongoing trauma, and the systemic injustices that continue to this day, including disproportionate rates of Black deaths in custody, health inequities, and the desecration of sacred sites. Celebrating on this day overlooks these painful realities and the resilience of First Nations peoples in the face of ongoing colonisation.
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The truth about white Australia: The genocide few talk about
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The killing times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront
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Indigenous kids are still being removed from their families, more than ever before
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I have a couple announcements:
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After the college fiasco, I already have a ‘useless’ degree so I’m going to ask some professors if I am better off just going to grad school? If that happens, I’ll be ‘all caught up’ in one fell swoop.
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I will say this until I fully accept it, but I am
. I would probably be even more interested in men if I wasn’t held down by shame. Sue me, twinks and himbos are hot.
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posting beautiful creatures daily until my sickened mind finally heals 17/?
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capybaras are cheating, aren’t they?
folks, they’ve said I couldn’t do it, they’ve said could he really succeed in texas, and what do you know folks? I did it, texas has seceded.
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my racist uncle has assured me that Biden will push the communism button any day now
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Long commutes
Except they’re meditating on hating everyone outside themselves via the constant conflict of sharing the road
I definitely get a zen flow state thing happening sometimes on long drives.
googling “10 hours kerry eurodine boat music”
If you always make a taco salad it always gives you an excuse to add beaneds
RFK Jr at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house
Not breaking just somethinng to thiknk about
Recently finished my replay of RE4 (original) after GDQ made me nostalgic. I was excited to start up another RE today but then remembered that RE5 is too racist, RE6 is too bland, and my PC is too old to play the remakes. I wish I had the money to upgrade my stuff
i put roasted sunflower seeds in my chicken korma the other day to add nutty nut flavor without introducing a tree nut allergen, i am so smart
Speaking of genocide:
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I don’t get how people like Brianna Wu exist. How are you spending your spare time as a cheerleader for genocide? Wtf is wrong with you?