A dog is anesthetised in preparation for surgery at the Chinchilla Veternary Services in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia

Two women embrace as they apply traditional Aboriginal face paint during the march towards Musgrave Park Protesters took to the streets of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on the 26th January, the Australia Day public holiday (often referred to as Invasion Day): a date synonymous with the beginning of the persecution of Aboriginal people to call for action on important issues for First Nations people and for proper recognition of crimes historically perpetrated against them. Several elders spoke at Queens Gardens before the crowd marched through the city and over the bridge to Musgrave Park in South Brisbane.

Indigenous protester Marissa Sandy invites the public to join in traditional smoking ceremonies at the culination of a rally in protest of Australia Day celebrations on the public holiday on 26 January 2019. Indigenous Australians have long called for the changing of the date or total abolishment of the date, which is seen as a day synonymous with the beginning of the persecution of Aboriginal people on the continent.