Thousands of people in Australia are calling for an end to the Australia Day national holiday.
The festival intends to celebrate the birth of modern Australia.
But some citizens including indigenous Australians believe it marks the start of colonization and genocide.
January 26 is the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the “First Fleet” of British ships at Sydney Cove.
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