MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — King Charles III ends the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years Tuesday with anti-monarchists hoping his journey is a step toward an Australian citizen becoming head of state.

Australian lawmaker, Lidia Thorpe, shouted at King Charles III following his speech in front of Parliament during his visit in Canberra

Senator Lidia Thorpe, who is Indigenous, confronted King Charles in Australian parliament and said the monarch "destroyed our land."

Britain's King Charles travels on Tuesday to Redfern, birthplace of Australia's urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in inner Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator at Parliament House.

Britain's King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia's urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator in Canberra.

The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. During his speech, Charles acknowledged Australia’s First Nations people,