Thousands of people have attended Invasion Day rallies held across Tasmania in support of the Change the Date movement, with street marches being held in both the south and north-west of the state.
Hundreds participated in Devonport's first Invasion Day street match, which saw a vocal column of participants march from Tulaminakali Health Service along Best Street to the city centre.
Chanting "Australia Day is not okay, we won't celebrate Invasion Day", demonstrators marched to Market Square where a number of guest speakers addressed the sizeable crowd.
They included Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania manager Rebecca Digney who said the root cause of many issues faced by First Nations peoples, including the high rate of chronic disease, low life expectancy and disproportionate rate of incarceration experienced by Indigenous people stems back to Australia's colonisation.
"Every single one of those issues began for Aboriginal people on the 26th of January, 1788," Ms Digney said.
Bob Brown Foundation campaigner Scott Jordan, Lucas Digney from the Health and Community Services Union, and singer Dewayne Everettsmith also addressed to the crowd, speaking to their passion for the date of Australia Day to be changed, along with Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre event coordinator Krystelle Jordan.
"Rather than the celebration of the birth of a penal colony that becomes a nation on stolen land, this day (26 January) is simply a stark reminder of the misery and devastation of my people and my country", Ms Jordan said.
Ms Jordan spoke critically of Prime Minister Anthony Albansese and the federal government's position on the date Australia Day is celebrated.
"We had high hopes for action from the Albanese Government when they came in to power however they have now publicly stated that the government will not change the Australia Day date," she said.
"This is from the man that is asking us to show goodwill and vote for a voice (to parliament) with little or no information, that may be determined detrimental to Aboriginals across the nation.
"Where is his goodwill towards us? He needs to show national leadership in listening to and supporting the Aboriginal community and change the date."
Respected Palawa Elders Aunty Annette Peardon and Uncle Jimmy Everett also spoke, praising the turnout of support.
Aunty Annette voiced her frustration about the lack of government action on Indigenous rights.
"Now is the time the government must listen to us all," she said.
"We have spoken to the government over many many years. From my memory bank, it's been over 30-odd years.
"And they've ignored us, so we continue to march and march until we gain what we want."
Uncle Jimmy acknowledged both Aboriginal and non-Aborignal supporters of the change the date movement, before criticising the federal government's planned referendum on the voice to parliament.
"Why are we being lead along the track with this idea of a voice to parliament, to give advice to parliament when we've been advising parliaments now for more than 50 years, "he said.
"Today is a really important day for us to put our voice out there and tell the government not just to change the date, but be real serious about it.
"This playing the game about a voice to parliament, it's like a distraction from sitting down doing truth-telling and a treaty.
"Because if you're going to make us keep fighting longer and longer, we'll get harder and harder because we've never given up."
In Tasmania's south, thousands marched through central Hobart to the city's waterfront where an estimated 5000 people gathered on the lawns of Parliament House.
The large crowd heard Palawa Elder Rodney Gibbins, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre campaign manager Nala Mansell, Hobart-based barrister Greg Barnes and Aboriginal Land Council Chairman Michael Mansell speak about Indigenous rights and the need for the date of Australia Day to be changed.
