Yes, this continent was invaded in 1788 – an international law expert explains
- Written by Rowan Nicholson, Associate Lecturer and Co-director of the Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney
Should we remember January 26 1788 as “Invasion Day”?
The colonisation of Australia was an invasion from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective.
But critics of the name “Invasion Day” object that it emphasises just one side of the story – that from a European perspective the British merely...
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