Tag Archives: Indigenous Rights
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
Nyoongar Activists Cop Racism
Photo courtesy of Nyoongar Tent Embassy. A spokesperson for the protests against the billion dollar Native Title offer for Nyoongar land in Perth and the south-west of WA says they have been the subject of racist taunts. Marianne McKay was … Continue reading
‘The Defining Phase in Our Sovereignty Struggle’
[MEDIA RELEASE 13 December 2011] Michael Anderson, London: We said it aloud all the time “Sovereignty Never Ceded” and now we can reveal that our sovereignty is real, both as a matter of fact and law. The challenge that is … Continue reading
Indigenous Recognition in the Australian Constitution
Illustration by Peter Broelman Michael Mansell from New Matilda writes: Constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples should involve the right of self-determination – and we must do much more than support a new preamble. With international condemnation of Australia’s approach to … Continue reading