Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes was an Australian poet and author. She was a lifelong campaigner for Indigenous land rights, as well as human rights and women's rights.
Bobbi Sykes
Sykes with Gordon Briscoe at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, 30 July 1972
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 1972, and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022, it is the longest continuous protest for Indigenous land rights in the world.
Image: 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. (38934424564) (cropped)
Image: Police question Aboriginal Embassy protesters, Canberra, 27 January 1972. (27864808359)
Image: Bobbi Sykes and Gordon Briscoe 1972
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