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Sovereignty Inevitable According to Original Tent Embassy Founder
The only surviving founder of the original tent embassy in Canberra has told a Wollongong forum that indigenous sovereignty was not a matter of if, but when. Speaking at a legal symposium held at the University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus, … Continue reading
Tent Embassy Gets Permanent Site
QUEENSLAND: A scaled-down Aboriginal tent embassy will remain permanently in a Brisbane park, but activists will not be allowed to return to the original site. Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk agreed to hand over an area of South Brisbane’s Musgrave Park … Continue reading
Sovereign Tent Embassies Grow in Strength
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is legendary. Located beside the Old Parliament House in Canberra, the Embassy was established in 1972 in order to demand sovereignty for Australia’s Indigenous peoples. Over the years, the Embassy has become an important symbol for Indigenous Peoples … Continue reading
Aboriginal Sovereignty Symposium
Litigating the Boundaries of Sovereignty – Symposium Day 1 LIRC Symposium: Wednesday 23 May 2012 On 26 January 2012, on the day of the 40th anniversary of the establishment Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, a number of prominent Aboriginal activists … Continue reading
Gillard Must Face Aboriginal Sovereignty Now
National Unity Aboriginal Government Press Statement Michael Anderson, spokesperson ‘Sovereign Union’ – National unity government Goodooga, northwest NSW 26th February 2012 (Updated) The Federal government has a cheek to call Aboriginal communities dysfunctional. I think it time they apologise for … Continue reading
Tent Embassy Dreaming at Reality
Aboriginal activists who set up an Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Perth have vowed to stay put after ripping up a council ‘move-on’ notice. The camp under gum trees on Heirisson Island in the Swan River was set up on Sunday … Continue reading