Across the country, smouldering eucalyptus leaf smoke settled on thousands of Australians mourning the death of a 15-year-old First Nations boy Cassius Turvey.
"How many children do we have to send to the grave?" Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro said at a vigil in Sydney on Wednesday evening, the crowd heavy with candles and grief.
"We've lost so many children in a battle they aren't even prepared for."
