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HISTORICAL FACTS: Aboriginal tent embassy | History Defined

Tent Embassy 'caretaker' avoids conviction for 'eviction notice' assault

Assault culmination of long-running dispute over site access.

The Canberra Times

'An activist masquerading as an artist': we should all be talking about Richard Bell

Review: You Can Go Now, directed by Larissa Behrendt.

The Conversation

Made in 1972, the documentary Ningla-A’Na is a powerful look at establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

This year, we acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the site of the longest protest for Indigenous land rights, sovereignty and self-determination in the world.

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Ningla-A’na review – Australia’s greatest ever protest movie

The electric documentary from the frontlines of the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy is restored, rereleased and still unmissable 50 years on

The Guardian - AU

Aboriginal artist Richard Bell brings replica tent embassy to Germany’s Documenta, ahead of 2023 Tate London installation

Richard Bell has installed a replica of the 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy in a German town for the Documenta festival, before taking it to London’s Tate Modern museum.

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Eddie Mabo and Gerard Brennan overturned the terra nullius policy and changed Australia forever

As a young reporter, I saw a listing for a case at the High Court of Australia. Few Australians then knew the name Eddie Mabo but I sensed this case may change Australia, says Stan Grant in this extract from his 2022 Mabo Lecture.

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Tent Embassy representative takes aim at Uluru Statement from the Heart on Q+A

The Albanese government says it will implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but the move is challenged by a representative from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Q+A.

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy calls on Albanese for consultation on Uluru Statement from the Heart

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy said it does not accept the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy at 50: the history of an ongoing protest for Indigenous sovereignty in Australia – podcast

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers and listeners are advised this article and podcast contain names of deceased people.

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Thousands march in Invasion Day protests across Australia as dawn service held online

Melbourne ceremony livestreamed due to Covid and Aboriginal Tent Embassy commemorates 50th anniversary

The Guardian - AU

'It's about acknowledgement': Hundreds gather for Aboriginal Tent Embassy anniversary

Call for Aboriginal rights to land and action against deaths in custody.

The Canberra Times

Aboriginal Tent Embassy: 50 years of Indigenous protest

As Aboriginal Australians face continued discrimination, a vigil has become one of the world’s longest protests.

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Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy — 'the guys who woke up Australia' — marks its 50th anniversary

Five decades on, founder Michael Anderson reflects on the embassy's history — and hopes for its future.

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‘Fifty years of resistance’: Aboriginal Tent Embassy began with an umbrella and became a symbol of sovereignty

1972 was the first time many saw First Nations people confront the establishment. Now elders say it’s a legacy for future generations

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Tent embassy marks 50 years of struggle

The battle continues as the world's longest continuous Indigenous protest, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, marks its 50th anniversary.

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Indigenous activism heads online as the Aboriginal Tent Embassy celebrates 50 years

Fifty years ago, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy laid an anchor for decades of protests for Indigenous rights. The battle is now shifting online as First Nations people re-imagine protest and its impact on non-Indigenous Australians.

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