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Australia Day focuses on Black recognition in constitution

People line the foreshore to watch activities on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia marks the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Pleasure craft follow ferries that are having an annual race on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia marks the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) People attend an Invasion Day rally in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia is marking the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) People are entertained on a boat on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia marks the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Pleasure craft follows ferries that are having an annual race on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia marks the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) A man carries a placard at an Invasion Day rally in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia is marking the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Pleasure craft and a tall ship sail on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia marks the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) A dragonfly buzzes past a woman attending an Invasion Day rally in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia is marking the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Australia Day focuses on Black recognition in constitution