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  • Black and white photograph of four protestors standing in front of Old Parliament House. Placards read 'Land Ownership Not Lease'

    The Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established in 1972 when the Coalition Government failed to recognise the land rights of Indigenous people. From its inception, the Embassy has been interwoven into Canberra’s physical and political landscape, blending black politics, symbolism and theatre that opponents have found difficult to counter.

  • Black and white photograph of protestors standing next to bus.

    The Freedom Ride

    The Freedom Ride through western New South Wales towns in February 1965 drew attention to the racism in these towns. Aboriginal student Charles Perkins was, by the end of the journey, a national figure in the fight for Aboriginal rights.

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