‘We Want Land Rights Right Now’ sign, used at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, 1972
On 26 January 1972 four Indigenous men set up a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House in Canberra. Describing the umbrella as the Aboriginal Embassy, the men were protesting the McMahon government’s approach to Indigenous land rights.
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National Museum of Australia
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