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Commemorating January 26, 2022

25 January 2022

Commemorating January 26, 2022

January 26 is our Day of Mourning, Invasion Day. The day we reaffirm our survival.

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) calls on governments to abolish the date. For too long, we have had to endure a day that symbolises pain and suffering for our people.…

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Special Event Grant Funding Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

26 November 2021

Special Event Grant Funding Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

On 26 January 1972, four young men set up a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House in Canberra.

Describing the umbrella as the Aboriginal Embassy, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bertie Williams and Tony Coorey were protesting the-then McMahon Government’s approach to Aboriginal Land Rights.…