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This weekend sees Invasion Day events take place around the country for 2026, with tens of thousands of people expected to take to the streets to commemorate, protest, and stand in solidarity with community.

January 26 has , but First Nations communities have been marking it as Invasion Day, or a Day of Mourning since before . It represents the destruction of Indigenous culture and knowledge, the loss of countless lives, and the dispossession of land.

With changes to the anti-protest restrictions , Sydney’s annual Invasion Day rally is scheduled to go ahead as usual, though community groups .

Star Observer聽acknowledges that we cover the news that occurs on stolen land which was never ceded, and it is a vital part of our practice as journalists to acknowledge and respect this indisputable fact.

As queers, it is our responsibility to stand and fight alongside Indigenous peoples. We celebrate Pride on unceded and stolen land, and if we allow our celebrations to erase this fact, we are betraying a fundamental tenet of queer pride. When the 78ers marched聽down Oxford Street for the first time in the middle of winter, they聽聽for an end to 鈥減olice attacks on gays, women, and Blacks.鈥� From the very beginning of modern Pride celebrations, our struggles have been intertwined. There can be no queer justice without First Nations justice.

In Gadigal (Sydney), Pride In Protest have organised a to meet at Hyde Park at 9am.

This Invasion Day, and every day, we stand in solidarity with Gadigal, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Boon Wurrung, and Turrbal and Yuggera peoples, the rightful owners of the land we work on.

Invasion Day 2026 marches, protests and events

Gadigal (Sydney) and surrounds

• 5:20am, , Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks
• 7:30am, WugulOra Morning Ceremony, Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks
• 10am, Blak Caucus Invasion Day, Hyde Park
• 10am, , Apex Park, Byron Bay
• 11am- Survival Day Katooma, Katoomba North Public School
• 5pm, , Manning House, Camperdown
• 10am – 7pm, , Victoria Park, Camperdown

Naarm (Melbourne) and surrounds

• 5:30am, Ballarat Survival Dawn Ceremony, View Point, Lake Wendouree
• 5am-7am-, , Camp Sovereignty, Melbourne
• 11am, , Victorian Parliament House
• 12pm – 5pm, , The Briars, Mount Martha
• 11:30am, , Treasury Gardens

Meanjin (Brisbane) and surrounds

• 10am, , Queens Gardens
• 9am, , Sunshine Coast City Hall, Maroochyadore

Gimuy (Cairns) and surrounds

• 9am, , Fogarty Park

Kaurna (Adelaide)

• 7:30am, 鈥� Smoking Ceremony, Elder Park, King William Street
• 9am, , North Haven Surf Life Saving Club
• 12pm, , Tandanyangga (Victoria Square)
• 5pm-11pm- , Elder Park

Ngunnawal (Canberra)

• 9:30am, , Garema Place, Canberra
• 10am, Invasion Day Rally, Old Parliament House lawns

Boorloo (Perth)

• 8am-10am- , Victoria Gardens, East Perth
• 12pm, , Forrest Place

Nipaluna (Hobart) and Limilinaturi (Devonport)

• 11am, , Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
• 11:30am, , Talaminakali Health Service