Increasingly, how Australians mark January 26 has become an indicator of their politics and attitudes to the country’s colonial past
Musician Fred Leone sings traditional songs to the steady beat of clap sticks that echo through the empty streets as the sun rises on what he calls a “hard day for Blackfellas.” Leone invited strangers to light candles in a central Brisbane park on January 26, a date Australia’s Indigenous community views each year with dread, as it marks the arrival of British settlers, and the start of suffering for generations of their people.
In the last few years, the National Australia Day Council , a not-for-profit government-owned company, has attempted to bring people together around the day with community grants of up to 20,000 Australian dollars for Australia Day events – and an extra 10,000 Australian dollars for functions that include an Indigenous element, for example, cultural performances and smoking ceremonies, where native leaves are burned to cleanse bad spirits.
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