'F**k Australia, Hope It Burns to the Ground': Angry Mob Protests Australia Day

Aboriginal activists declared Australia didn't deserve a day of celebration and hoped the country 'burns to the ground' at a Melbourne rally.

Tens of thousands flooded Spring Street and Collins Street in Melbourne's CBD to protest against 'Invasion Day', carrying placards and shouting slogans.

They then marched down Bourke Street chanting 'always was, always will be Aboriginal land', 'no pride in genocide' and 'our land, our law'.

Tarneen Onus-Williams told the crowd of thousands 'f**k Australia, hope it burns to the ground' during one of many speeches, according to the Herald Sun.

James Cook statue vandalised in Catani Gardens, St Kilda. Photo: Twitter/@sthefup >> https://t.co/WxnHGGW9x5 pic.twitter.com/BhvyER1GoD

— Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) January 24, 2018

Council cleaners have tried to remove pink paint that vandals poured over a statue of Captain Cook in a protest ahead of Australia Day. @msanto92 #9News pic.twitter.com/PkpUhquY9U

— Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) January 25, 2018

#Narrm / #Melbourne, So-Called #Australia: Colonial Monument to Genocidal 'Explorer' Captain Cook Redecorated on the Eve of So-Called #AustraliaDay2018. #InvasionDay2018 #InvasionDay #Decolonize pic.twitter.com/FVyX8IDmOB

— Insurrection News (@InsurrectNews) January 25, 2018

26 January 1788 - the day (or thereabouts) that British prison ships arrived in Sydney cove, the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.
Australia- the original offshore detention centre.#AustraliaDay#InvasionDay #InvasionDay2018 #DayOfMourning #noprideingenocide pic.twitter.com/VDozllmU8x

— Gaye Demanuele (@gayedemanuele) January 25, 2018