NAIDOC week march, July 9. Photo: Sue Bolton
About 800 people joined the NAIDOC week march on July 9.
Young Kooris mostly led the chants, as a show of Aboriginal pride. The most popular chant was “Always was, Always will be, Aboriginal land”.
Alf Bamblett, executive officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association, told the crowd the federal government was extending income management beyond the Northern Territory and there was every chance it could come into Victoria unless it was resisted.
Yorta Yorta woman Monica Morgan also condemned the NT intervention. She said: “We have to campaign against any attack on blackfellas anywhere in Australia.”