Introduction
Australian neo-Nazi individuals and organizations routinely vilify the Australian Aboriginal community in racist online discourse and imagery.
Australian neo-Nazi organizations are active in promoting anti-Australian Aboriginal hate through in-person activities, including a coordinated interstate banner drop on Australia Day 2022.
Australian neo-Nazis have openly called for the hanging or gassing of Aboriginal Australians.
On social media, neo-Nazis have desecrated the Aboriginal Australian flag on several occasions – including by burning, vandalizing, or urinating on the flag – and posting photos and videos of these acts on Telegram and YouTube.
Senator Lidia Thorpe, an Australian Aboriginal woman and member of the Greens Party, is the primary recipient of targeted online and in-person racist vilification by Australian neo-Nazis due to her ethnicity and advocacy for issues relating to the Australian Aboriginal community, as well as being an anti-monarchist. Select online discourse also promotes a conspiracy theory that Jews are manipulating the Aboriginal Australian population.
This report will examine prevailing themes within online and in-person anti-Australian Aboriginal discourse as promoted by Australian neo-Nazi individuals and organizations between January 1, 2022, and November 26, 2022.
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Australia Day/Invasion Day Commemorations Organized by Australian Neo-Nazi Organizations
"Australia Day," celebrated on January 26, commemorates the establishment of the first permanent European settlement on the continent of Australia in 1788. The day is marked as "Invasion Day" by Australian Aboriginals. On Australia Day 2022, two neo-Nazi groups organized a coordinated banner drop across multiple states. Members stood at highway overpasses, gave Nazi salutes to oncoming traffic, and unfurled a banner with the words "Conquered Not Stolen" and their website URL.
In the lead-up to Australia Day, Australian neo-Nazis and organizations become especially active. During this time, online discourse within these circles centers on celebrating white European culture and simultaneously denigrating Australian Aboriginals.
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