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Reclaiming Djarrbarrgalli: the spaces of anti-colonial resistance
In conversation with Gadigal descendant Nadeena Dixon about the reclamation of land for community, justice and dialogue. Photography: Aman Kapoor
April 19, 2021
The reclamation of physical space is a fundamental requirement in resisting colonisation, and is a necessary precondition in the campaign for Aboriginal sovereignty. Last year marked some of the first protests to occur on the Domain parkland or Djarrbarrgalli in traditional Gadigal language. Gathering in Djarrbarrgalli was momentous for the Indigenous justice movement as it represented the reclamation of traditional land for its original purpose as a meeting place. These protests in mid-2020, which drew comparisons between the treatment of Black people in the United States and here, took place away from the colonial monuments that litter most of Sydney’s urban landscape including Hyde Park.