Nat Barr confronts Lidia Thorpe with the burning question on most Aussies' minds as her uncle tries to claim a Melbourne Park

Nat Barr has confronted Lidia Thorpe as her uncle sets up an indefinite camp in a public park and refuses to leave until the government hands it back to the Aboriginal people.

Robbie Thorpe established 'Camp Sovereignty' at Kings Domain in Melbourne on Tuesday, saying the park is sovereign land that has not been ceded.

Mr Thorpe is joined by others who say they will stay there 'forever', or at least until the large park, 1km south of the city's CBD, is returned to the people of the Kulin Nation.

The Kings Domain Resting Place is the burial place for 38 Aboriginal people, and Mr Thorpe held a similar demonstration there for 60 days in 2006.

This follows the recent return of a park in Melbourne's north to traditional owners and a $100 million claim for Sydney's Balmoral Beach.

Senator Thorpe has voiced her support for her uncle's land claim and was confronted by Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr on Thursday morning.

“It's an incredibly complex issue that people have a hard time understanding,” Barr said.

“Today people are watching and saying, 'I can't be held responsible for what happened in the past. Do you understand that? What do you say to them?'

Senator Thorpe hit back with some damning statistics about the impact of colonization on Aboriginal people and its Aussie demands.

“We were 100 percent of the population in the country before colonization and boats came,” she said.

'We are the most imprisoned; 23,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have been taken from their families, and the list goes on.

“We are the most incarcerated women in the world; Aboriginal women, at just 3 percent. That's a lot of women. So we want peace. We want unity. We would like a treaty that is about a peace agreement.

'And I understand there is fear. But don't listen to the politicians who create this fear. Listen to those who want to unite the country and get started. So we can be proud of where we live and who we are as a nation.”

Greens MP Tim Read (left) is pictured with Mr Thorpe (centre) on Wednesday.

Senator Thorpe also spoke about the divisive state of the nation following the referendum, saying Camp Sovereignty was a peaceful gathering open to all Australians.

“The sit-in at Kings Domain, or Camp Sovereignty, is a peaceful gathering. “Everyone is welcome to come down, participate in the truth-telling, share stories around the fire, and contribute to the healing of our country from the grassroots,” she said.

“This is an opportunity for ordinary Australians to join the conversation about treaty and peace, moving away from the divisions seen every January 26,” she explained.

Barr's cohost, Matt “Shirvo” Shirvington, then asked the senator if the sit-in in the park was the best way to address the problem.

“Robbie's done this before,” Shirvo explained. 'In 2006 he did it for 60 days. Basically, he makes it his life's work, right? He won't leave until a solution is found. Was he forced to do this? Is this the best way to do this?'

'And I understand there is fear. But don't listen to the politicians who create this fear. They got it wrong in the referendum. They were told not to have it.

“So I think it's up to the people now to start these conversations at the local level so that we can show these politicians how we can have a united nation here, so that we can come together and live together.

“It's not about taking people's backyards. It's not about taking anything away from the ordinary Australian. It's about improving your life by understanding the country you live in.

'Understanding the true stories. I mean, what they now call Kings Domain has been a gathering place for thousands of generations. We want to make it a meeting place for everyone again.'

Mr Thorpe has so far complied with requests to remove tents and marquees from the space

Indigenous activists hope to build a stone house there as a cultural interpretation center while removing all traces of the 'Windsor crime family'.

They plan to rename the park “Yalukit Willam,” its traditional name, and hold ceremonies for education and healing at the cultural interpretation center.

Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the area around the Royal Botanic Gardens are all within Kings Domain.

Mr Thorpe said if his group doesn't 'win' they will be left with nothing.

He said he is trying to work with the City of Melbourne to help promote an 'Aboriginal culture close to the CBD'.

Police have visited the camp several times and Mr Thorpe has so far complied with requests to remove tents and marquees from the space.

Camp Sovereignty organizers held a meeting with council members Wednesday morning to map out a path forward for their protest.

Greens MP Tim Read also visited the camp on Wednesday to talk to Thorpe about his ambitions and to call on others to get involved.