Yesterday, on the public holiday especially created to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II, thousands of people turned out to Sydney Town Hall and in other cities around Australia to demand the abolition of the monarchy.
The focus at the rally in Sydney, Gadigal, was particularly on the devastating impact that the British Monarchy has had - and continues to have - on Aboriginal and First Nations peoples here and in other parts of the world.
After speeches at Town Hall, the rally marched to Queen Square on Macquarie Street, where a statue of the original colonial monarch, Queen Victoria, was cordoned off by a ring of police and riot squad members.
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