Indigenous activist Uncle Gary Foley went to his first Invasion Day rally 51 years ago.
On Tuesday, as thousands of people gathered in drizzling rain in Melbourneâs CBD, Uncle Gary told the sea of black, red and yellow of one significant shift he had noticed in more than half a century of campaigning.
âWhat has changed, standing out here looking out at all of you mob, is that large numbers of ordinary Australians are out here with us,â he said.
Thousands of protesters march through the city on Tuesday.
Credit:Chris Hopkins
In the 1970s, a groundswell of protesters fought to raise awareness about the disproportionate number of Indigenous people incarcerated in Australia and dying in custody.