Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Gary Edward Foley (born 11 May 1950) is an Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor, who eschews Australian nationality. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern in the 1970s. He also co-wrote and acted in the first indigenous Australian stage production, "Basically Black".