Jesinta Franklin, the model wife of Aboriginal AFL star Buddy Franklin, has thrown her support behind the campaign to change the date of Australia Day.
The mother of two, 30, shared a post to Instagram on Tuesday telling her 374,000 followers the national holiday should not be a 'day of celebration'.
'January 26 is not a celebration for all Australians and is a date that marked the beginning of the genocide and massacres of the Indigenous population, the confiscation of their ancestral lands and banning of their culture,' the post read.
Speaking out: Jesinta Franklin, the wife of Aboriginal AFL star Buddy Franklin, has thrown her support behind the campaign to change the date of Australia Day. Pictured on December 1
She shared several other posts about the Australia Day controversy, including a meme that read: 'Just a reminder. We don't celebrate genocide.'
Jesinta, who represented her country at the 2010 Miss Universe pageant, added in a personal note: 'There's no excuse for anyone in this country not to know why tomorrow, January 26, is a hurtful day to celebrate "Australia Day".
'If you are still unaware, I have linked some useful slides [on Instagram] that I hope you take the time to read.'
It comes after Jesinta penned a column for Stellar magazine in 2020 explaining why she refused to celebrate Australia Day on January 26.
'I have seen my husband well up when talking about his mum [Ursula] and how she used to have to run away with her siblings when they knew the government trucks were coming to take them away from their parents,' she wrote in reference to the Stolen Generations.
Repost: The mother of two, 30, shared this post to Instagram on Tuesday telling her 374,000 followers the national holiday should not be a 'day of celebration'
Reminder: She shared several other posts about the Australia Day controversy, including a meme that read: 'Just a reminder. We don't celebrate genocide'
Having her say: Jesinta, who represented her country at the 2010 Miss Universe pageant, added in a personal note: 'There's no excuse for anyone in this country not to know why tomorrow, January 26, is a hurtful
