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Key findings (based on Twitter mentions 1 - 27 January 2019)

1. #InvasionDay returned as the most mentioned hashtag in relation to protesting Australia Day.

(#InvasionDay was the most popular hashtag used in 2015 /2016 but was overtaken by #changethedate in 2017/2018)
2. Twitter mentions of #changethedate decreased in 2019 overtaken by #changethenation

3. #changethenation was the second most mentioned hashtag protesting Australia Day

4. Twitter mentions of #alwayswillbe have increased 40 per cent between 2018 - 2019
Here is a heat map of #InvasionDay, #changethenation, #survivalday, #alwayswillbe, #noprideingenocide & #changethedate over the course of the weekend.
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Interesting tidbit... "William Willshire, who became notorious for his skill in “dispersing the natives”

Willshire was once defended by Sir John Downer.

Ancestor of 'nation-builders' @AlexanderDowner & @Georgina4Mayo

A fact they don't mention.
#auspol
news.com.au/national/polit…
In 1891 Willshire's men attacked sleeping Aborigines camped at Tempe Downs station. Two men died and their bodies were cremated. F. J. Gillen, Alice Springs sub-protector of Aborigines, investigated the reported episode & committed Willshire to Port Augusta for trial for murder.
As he was the first policeman to be so charged, and colonists felt their rights challenged, emotions ran high: public subscriptions provided Willshire's £2000 bail and retained Sir John Downer for his defence. Aboriginal witnesses attended, but problems over
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