Title: Aboriginal Tent Embassy
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.
Subjects: Aboriginal australians, Land reform, Mass media, Civil rights, australia, Australia, race relations, Australia, politics and government, Land tenure, Politics and government, Legal status, laws, Aboriginal Australians and mass media, Civil rights, Race relations, Australiens (Aborigènes), Terres, Réforme agraire, Relations raciales, Politique et gouvernement, Political science