cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/fns/p/617666/the-horrific-january-26-you-never-learnt-about

While the colony celebrated, another story was unfolding.

More than 600 kilometres north, Aboriginal men, women and children were being hunted down and slaughtered.

That year, Foundation Day - the day that would later become Australia Day - was marked by events that could not have been more black and white.