Sun sets on We-Akon Dilinja dawn gathering

There will be no We-Akon Dilinja dawn gathering this Australia Day at the request of the Boonwurrung Land and Sea Council

Since 2020, the gathering in Alfred Square at dawn on Australia Day attracted hundreds to a ceremony of remembrance, truth‑telling, and cultural acknowledgement of First Peoples. [History of We-Akon Dilinja]

FYI Council will still be hosting a citizenship ceremony at the St Kilda Town Hall on Australia Day and five others during 2026.

[Monday] Corrected to attribute the decision to the Boonwurrung Land and Sea Council not the Bunurong. Sincere appologies.