Hundreds turn out to protest Invasion Day at Alice Springs rally

HUNDREDS of people took to the Alice Springs’ Court Lawns today to protest the ongoing dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and to celebrate the resistance and survival of the oldest living culture on earth.

HUNDREDS of people took to the Alice Springs’ Court Lawns today to protest the ongoing dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and to celebrate the resistance and survival of the oldest living culture on earth.

The Invasion Day rally started with a Welcome to Country and a smoking ceremony.

Hundreds of people at the Alice Springs Invasion Day rally today.

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Eastern Arrernte woman, Aboriginal history lecturer and rally organiser Pat Ansell Dodds said she had been fighting for her people’s rights in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) for many years.

“I think it’s important we tell the history to non-Aboriginal history as well,” she said.

The smoking ceremony at the Alice Springs Invasion Day rally. Picture: Supplied

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“(Today) reminds me of all the devastation that’s been done to our people.

“I’ve seen the results of that and it’s still happening today.”

Arrernte Elders and Alice Springs Invasion Day rally organisers Pat Ansell Dodds and Sabella Kngwarraye Turner at the event. Picture: Supplied