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  2. The 1972 Aboriginal Embassy was one of the most significant indigenous political demonstrations of the twentieth century. What began as a simple response to a Prime Ministerial statement on Australia Day 1972, evolved into a six-month political stand-off between radical Aboriginal activists and a conservative Australian government.
    Edition: illustrated, reprint
    Editors: Gary Foley, Andrew Schaap, Edwina Howell
    Publisher: Routledge, 2013
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    What was the Aboriginal Embassy of 1972?By 1972, Australian Aboriginal people had developed a form of political consciousness which embraced the idea of land rights, and had for the most part adopted protest as their means of political expression. The Aboriginal Embassy of 1972 was the result of a decade of debate within the Aboriginal community over means and goals. It involved both the
    When was the Aboriginal Tent Embassy established?Establishment of Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day, 26 January 1972 On 26 January 1972 four Indigenous men set up a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House in Canberra. Describing the umbrella as the Aboriginal Embassy, the men were protesting the McMahon government’s approach to Indigenous land rights.
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    Is the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra still a Ground Zero?"Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra still 'the ground zero for First Nations people' nearly 50 years on". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2020. Robinson, Scott (1994). "The Aboriginal Embassy: An Account of the Protests of 1972" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 18 (1): 49–63. "Timeline: Aboriginal Tent Embassy".
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    Why did Aboriginal people have an embassy?The term "embassy" was deliberately chosen to draw attention to the fact Aboriginal people had never ceded sovereignty, and that there had never been any kind of treaty process with the Crown; they were the only cultural group in Australia who did not have an embassy to represent them.
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    The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is a permanent protest occupation site as a focus for representing the political rights of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people. Established on 26 January (Australia Day) 1972, and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022, it is the longest continuous protest for … See more

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    Chicka Dixon said that he had attended a political rally in 1946 where the initial idea and inspiration for the Embassy was raised by Jack Patten, President and… See more

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    On 26 January 1972, four Aboriginal men, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Tony Coorey and Bertie Williams (son of singer Harry Williams; later Kevin "Bert" Johnson ), arrived in … See more

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    In October 1973, around 70 Aboriginal protesters staged a sit-in on the steps of Parliament House and the Tent Embassy was re-established. The sit-in ended when … See more

    In the leadup to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Isabel Coe from the Wiradjuri Nation set up a Peace Camp and combined ashes from Canberra's sacred fire to the fire at Victoria Park See more

    In December 2021 and January 2022, "Sovereign Citizens" along with anti-vaxxers, staged rival protests, and set fire to the door of Old Parliament House… See more

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    The film Ningla A-Na, a documentary film charting Black activism in South-East Australia made in … See more

    At the time, the Tent Embassy focused international attention on injustices in Australia, which had gone largely unnoticed hitherto.
    According to Australian scholar Lynda-June Coe, who is a niece of two of… See more

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  5. WebMar 9, 2022 · 1972: Aboriginal Tent Embassy established in front of Parliament House, Canberra. See our classroom resource. Establishment of Aboriginal Tent Embassy on …

  6. WebBy 1972, Australian Aboriginal people had developed a form of political consciousness which embraced the idea of land rights, and had for the most part adopted protest as …

  7. ‘Fifty years of resistance’: Aboriginal Tent Embassy …

    WebJan 25, 2022 · On 20 July, 1972, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was made illegal, and police moved in to forcibly dismantle it. Anderson remembers …

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    WebThe Aboriginal Embassy begins on 27 January 1972 when Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bertie Williams and Tony Coorey camp under a beach umbrella on the lawns of Parliament House, Canberra.

  9. WebJan 25, 2022 · On 26 January 1972, four Aboriginal men established the Aboriginal Embassy under a beach umbrella on the lawn opposite what is now Old Parliament …

  10. WebLate on Australia Day 1972 four young Aboriginal men erected a beach umbrella on the lawns outside Parliament House in Canberra and put up a sign which read ‘Aboriginal

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    WebThe Aboriginal Embassy of 1972 is discussed in the thesis as a climax to changes in Aboriginal political consciousness and government policy over the decade which …

  12. Web- Warning! This site contains images of indigenous people now deceased! The Aboriginal Embassy January - July 1972 On Australia Day / Invasion Day in January 1972, the …

  13. WebSir, — The argument that the Aboriginal "embassy" has no more right than any other group to camp in front of Parliament ...

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