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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lorena Allam

‘Light a fire in the nation’: Indigenous Australians stand up to hate and push for voice on Uluru statement anniversary

Megan Davis, co-author of the Uluru Statement re-reading it today to the Mutitjulu community
Megan Davis, co-author of the Uluru statement, reading the statement anew to the Mutitjulu community on the sixth anniversary of its signing. Photograph: Dean Sewell/Oculi

At sunset on Friday, in the small community of Mutitjulu at the base of Uluru, Anangu (people) were lighting fires.

Not just because it was cold – a biting wind was cutting across the clear skies of a desert winter – but because they wanted to show the gathering the power of country and their unbreakable connection to it.

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