Survival Day/Invasion Day events will take place in South Australia on Monday, including the annual gathering at Tarntanyangga in Adelaide's city centre. expecting thousands.
For many First Nations Australians across the country, January 26 marks the start of Australia's colonisation, and resulting violence, dispossession, racism and disadvantage which has occurred since.
For many the day marks a time for reflection and mourning rather than a national celebration, with opportunity for others to stand in solidarity.
Below are major events happening across South Australia.
Survival Day SA - Tandanyangga
Up to 10,000 attend Tarndanya's (Adelaide) major gathering and march each year on January 26, with the event described as "A Call Out to Every South Australian" to celebrate the survival of the world's oldest living culture on Kaurna Country.
An invitation is extended to the wider community to do this "by standing in solidarity with our First Nations Brothers & Sisters on the 26th" in the city's centre.
Where: Tarntanyangga/Victoria Square
When: From 11:30am
Cost: Free
In previous years the march has commenced at Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square), heading south along a major road before looping back for speeches and performances.
Organiser Natasha Wanganeen has urged people to come together, saying this year's Survival Day "is more important than any other" amid recent cultural and racial tension around the country.
"It's an opportunity to not only celebrate our people and their strength and resilience, but it's also an opportunity to remember the millions of Aboriginal people that were killed in the frontier wars that we don't have a national day of mourning for," Ms Wanganeen told National Indigenous Times.
"It's an opportunity to remind everybody that our cultural sites, our sacred sites, are still getting dug up by developers in every state, almost. Once that knowledge is gone out of the ground, we cannot get that back."
Last year, more than a dozen Neo-Nazis were arrested following a seperate march in Adelaide on January 26.
Ms Wanganeen said watching young people in her community have to build up the courage to continue their march on the day was incredibly difficult, something she had experienced before.
A "respectful relationship" between members of the First Nations community, non-Indigenous volunteers and marshals to ensure the safety of Survival Day march attendees, Ms Wanganeen added.
Cold water bottles, taps and fountains will be readily available on the day given the projected extreme heat forecast.
Kura Yerlo's Survival Day 2026
Supported by Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation Kura Yerlo Inc, everyone is invited to a powerful morning of connection, culture and community as we come together to honour Survival Day.
Where: North Haven Surf Life Saving Club
When: From 8:30am
Cost: Free
The event includes a free barbeque breakfast, Welcome to Country, cultural workshops, stalls and family activities.
"Come along, bring the family, and share in a morning of strength, culture and togetherness," Kura Yerlo wrote online.
On Monday morning, "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, histories, cultures and perspectives" will be made central on the banks of the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri.
When: 7:30am-8:45am
Where: Elder Park/Tarntanya Wama (Park 26), north of the city centre across the river from Adelaide Oval.
Cost: Free
The First Nations-led event by the Australia Day Council of SA invites everyone for a smoking ceremony by Uncle Moogy Sumner, speeches from Indigenous voices, dance, music and activities.
"Together we will continue to create a respectful and inclusive ceremony with a focus on Our Continuing Story led and shaped by South Australian First Nations community leaders," organisers said.
