Aboriginal Tent Embassy
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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 Janua
First day of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, outside Parliament House, Canberra, 27 January 1972. Left to right Billy Craigie, Bert Williams, Michael Anderson and Tony Coorey.
Police question Aboriginal Embassy protesters, Canberra, 27 January 1972.
Bobbi Sykes and Gordon Briscoe 1972
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The second question of the 1967 Australian referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt government, related to Indigenous Australians. Voters were asked whether to give the Commonwealth Parliament th
Gordon Bryant (left), prime minister Harold Holt (third from left) and Bill Wentworth (right) meeting with FCAATSI representatives (l–r) Faith Bandler, Douglas Nicholls, Burnum Burnum, and Winnie Branson
A badge supporting the "Yes" vote, created around the time of the referendum.