For many Aboriginal People Australia Day (26 January) is known as Invasion Day, due to the colonisation of Australia. In 2019, an inaugural dawn service organised by Aboriginal Victorian politician Lidia Thorpe was held at the Resting Place as a day of mourning and reflection with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal People in attendance for the ceremony. Aboriginal People who died in massacres and other forms of violence during the Frontier Wars are commemorated. The Victorian Naidoc Committee hosts the annual dawn service on 26 January and the event is supported by Melbourne City Council.