David Gilet, Byron Bay
January the 26 was just the formalisation of the theft of Aboriginal land.
The First Fleet had already been at Botany Bay between January 18 and 20. As a nation we could celebrate the original inhabitants of this country on January 17, as long as they were accepting of this idea.
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