• Text reads 'Rembering Paul Coe First Nations Activist'. Faded background image of hand print in sand and an Aboriginal flag flying.|Three Aboriginal men standing side by side with their fists up in the Black Power salute with a poster that reads the Aboriginal Embassy.|||Three Aboriginal men standing side by side with their fists up in the Black Power salute with a poster that reads the Aboriginal Embassy.|Aboriginal Activist Paul Coe addresses a meeting organised by the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) at the Lower Hall of Sydney Town Hall in resistance to the Captain Cook Bicentenary Celebrations and re-enactment of Captain Cook's landing at Kurnell.||

    Remembering Paul Coe: First Nations Activist

    Paul Coe, Wiradjuri activist and lawyer, has passed away, leaving a lifetime legacy that transformed the landscape of First Nations justice. As a fearless campaigner, Coe helped found the Aboriginal Legal Service, established the Tent Embassy, and inspired generations in the fight for Aboriginal rights.

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