SIEVX Memorial Rally – 18 October

The first anniversary of the loss of 353 lives with the sinking of the SIEVX on 19 October 2001 was marked by rallies in Melbourne and elsewhere – see, for example, the report in Green Left Weekly. The Melbourne rally ended with a march through the city to lay wreaths at the river.

Participants on the steps of State Library

On the steps of State Library

Education sector workers in the crowd

Education sector workers

Wreaths arranged on steps of  Library

Flowers collected before the march

Refugee Action Collective banner leads the march down Swanston Street

Refugee Action Collective banner leads the march