AUSTRALIA’S national body representing First Nations children has called for an end to the politicisation of the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby, as hundreds gathered to mourn the five-year-old Warlpiri girl.

Community vigils were held today across the country. 

At Melbourne’s Aborigines Advancement League, about 400 people laid flowers beneath Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at half mast, lit candles and observed a minute’s silence. 

In Canberra, mourners gathered at the Aboriginal tent embassy, many dressed in pink.

Kumanjayi Little Baby was last seen by her mother at 11.30pm on April 25 at a town camp in Alice Springs. 

Her body was found five days later, 3.1 miles from where she was last seen. 

Forty-seven-year-old Jefferson Lewis has since been charged with murder.

First Nations child advocacy body SNAICC chief executive Catherine Liddle rejected attempts by conservative politicians to use the death to attack Indigenous culture and town camps.

“What happened to this gorgeous baby girl was not a failing of her family or her community. It is the direct result of multiple system-level failures,” Ms Liddle said.

Three child protection workers have been stood down pending an investigation into whether proper action was taken following child protection notifications.