![]() ![]() The four men, Michael Anderson, Tony Coorey, Billy Craigie, and Bert Williams, erected a handmade sign claiming the site as the 'Aboriginal Embassy' and became the first occupants of the longest continual protest site for Indigenous sovereignty and land rights. On the evening of 26 January 1972, four men set up a beach umbrella on the lawn opposite Parliament House (now known as Old Parliament House) on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra and established the Aboriginal tent embassy. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 BY International Licence Image courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation. Left to right- Billy Craigie, Bert Williams, Michael Anderson and Tony Coorey. ![]() First day of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, outside Parliament House, Canberra, 27 January 1972. ![]()
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