Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks 50 years but the struggle for rights remains

Steve Evans
Sarah Basford Canales
Updated January 26 2022 - 7:03am, first published 5:30am
Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bert Williams and Tony Coorey on the first day of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, January 26, 1972. Picture: State Library of NSW
Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bert Williams and Tony Coorey on the first day of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, January 26, 1972. Picture: State Library of NSW

Half a century ago, on a Wednesday in 1972, four Aboriginal men stuck a beach umbrella in the grass outside what is now Old Parliament House.

Steve Evans

Steve Evans

Reporter

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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