History of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Channel: Sovereign Union
Date: 11/12/2016

CULTURAL WARNING - diseased persons

The establishment of the Aboriginal Embassy on the lawns in front of Parliament House (now old parliament house) in 1972.

On 26 January 1972, four Aboriginal men (Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Tony Coorey and Bertie Williams) arrived in Canberra from Sydney to establish the Aboriginal Embassy by planting a beach umbrella on the lawn in front of Parliament House (now Old Parliament House) - Sadly, only Ghillar has survived to this day but the movement quickly escalated.