Aboriginal tent embassy, Canberra, capital of Australia

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  • Photo title: Aboriginal tent embassy, Canberra, capital of Australia
  • Author: DuncanSharrocks
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  • On 26 January 1972, four Aboriginal men (Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Tony Coorey and Bertie Williams) arrived in Canberra from Sydney to establish the Aboriginal Embassy by planting a beach umbrella on the lawn in front of Parliament House (now Old Parliament House). The embassy was established in response to the McMahon Coalition Government's refusal to recognise Aboriginal land rights. McMahon instead favoured a new general purpose lease for Aborigines which would be conditional upon their 'intention and ability to make reasonable economic and social use of land' and it would exclude all rights they had to minerals and forestry. More than 40 years later the embassy and collection of tents still stand opposite the former Australian parliament.
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