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Yes campaigners march along the Esplanade in support of the Voice

Darwin has joined metropolitan and regional cities across Australia in a nationwide show of support for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Thousands turn out for Yes vote march

Hundreds of Territorians have attended a rally on Darwin’s Esplanade to lend their support to the case for enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia’s Constitution.

Olympic gold medallist and former Territory senator Nova Peris spoke to the crowd of supporters on Sunday, thanking them for their show of solidarity.

It came as more than 200,000 people across the country joined the Yes campaign in marches held in metropolitan cities and regional towns from Darwin to Hobart.

With just four weeks left until the referendum on October 14, efforts from Yes campaigners are ramping up.

Territory sporting icon Nova Peris addressed the crowd at Darwin’s Yes Rally on the Esplanade on Sunday. Picture: Zayda Dollie
Territory sporting icon Nova Peris addressed the crowd at Darwin’s Yes Rally on the Esplanade on Sunday. Picture: Zayda Dollie

Shortly after 4pm, hundreds of people holding “Vote Yes!” placards and wearing “Vote Yes” T-shirts walked down the Esplanade, starting at the roundabout on Daly Street and ending outside the Hilton Hotel.

John Farnham’s You’re The Voice boomed out over a speaker while several people in the crowd shouted chants through a megaphone.

“We just think it’s finally time,” one supporter said of her choice to vote yes in the upcoming referendum.

The October poll will be the first referendum ever held in which voters are asked to vote yes or no to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory body called the Voice.

Anna Goode, Karen Edyvane, Jasmine Davis and Selina Swan at the Yes rally on Darwin's Esplanade. Picture: Zayda Dollie
Anna Goode, Karen Edyvane, Jasmine Davis and Selina Swan at the Yes rally on Darwin's Esplanade. Picture: Zayda Dollie
Marchers walked along the Esplanade in support of the Yes Campaign, four weeks out from the referendum. Picture: Zayda Dollie
Marchers walked along the Esplanade in support of the Yes Campaign, four weeks out from the referendum. Picture: Zayda Dollie
Hundreds turn out for Darwin's Yes rally at the Esplanade. Picture: Zayda Dollie
Hundreds turn out for Darwin's Yes rally at the Esplanade. Picture: Zayda Dollie

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