Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Subtitle: Sovereignty, Black Power, Land Rights and the State
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780415538701
Subjects: Aboriginal australians; Land reform; Mass media; Civil rights, australia; Australia, race relations; Australia, politics and government
Description: The 1972 Aboriginal Embassy was one of the most significant indigenous political demonstrations of the twentieth century. What began as a simple response to a Prime Ministerial statement on Australia Day 1972, evolved into a six-month political stand-off between radical Aboriginal activists and a conservative Australian government. The dramatic scenes in July 1972 when police forcibly removed the Embassy from the lawns of the Australian Houses of Parliament were transmitted around the world. The demonstration increased international awareness of the struggle for justice by Aboriginal people, brought an end to the national government policy of assimilation and put Aboriginal issues firmly onto the national political agenda.