The Aboriginal Embassy was set up 50 years ago under a beach umbrella opposite Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia on 26 January 1972. The Embassy remains a stark reminder of the treat of First Nations peoples and of Australian history. From left: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Billie Craigie, Bert Williams, Tony Coorey.
Want to know more about the history of the Aboriginal Embassy?–read Jack Latimore’s story “Tent Embassy a potent celebration of protest” in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 25 January 2022:
Program
(From the Sovereign Union website dedicated to the struggle for Aboriginal sovereignty and rights by Ghillar Michael Anderson. Mr Anderson is the last surviving member of the “Founding Four” (see photo above) who set up the Aboriginal Embassy under a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Old Parliament House, Canberra on 26 January 1972.)
AGENDA OVERVIEW
50th Anniversary Aboriginal Embassy
Aboriginal Embassy 50th Anniversary
Click to see March Route (Google Maps)| Wednesday 26 January 2022 | |||
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| LOCATION | TIME | ACTIVITY | MORE INFO |
| National Film & Sound Archives McCoy Cct, ACTON ACT 2601 |
8am-9am | March Preparation Assemble on lawns at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601 |
Gather with Flags of the Embassy First Nations and banners for March to remember 20 July 1972 Embassy resistance |
| National Film & Sound Archives McCoy Cct, ACTON, 2601 | 9-10am | Welcome to Country Smoking ceremony and scene setting |
NFSA |
| March from lawns of National Film & Sound Archives | 10am-12noon | 50th Anniversary March – remembering historic march of 20 July 1972 from ANU | March to new Parliament House with water stations etc along the way |
| New Parliament House | 12noon – 1pm | Refreshments | |
| New Parliament House Mosaic, Forecourt & lawns |
1pm | Associated Stories and Achievements of the Aboriginal Embassy | Stories of the 1972 Aboriginal Embassy |
| New Parliament House | 3pm – 4pm | Break: Walk to Aboriginal Embassy & reassemble | |
| Aboriginal Embassy (Old Parliament House) |
4pm – 6pm | Open Forum and Q&A | + ‘Where to from here?’ |
| Aboriginal Embassy | 6pm – 7:30pm | Break & Dinner | Bring food to share |
| Aboriginal Embassy | 7:30pm – | Traditionsal Dance Songs and Stories | |
| LOCATION | TIME | ACTIVITY | MORE INFO |
| Thursday 27 January 2022 | |||
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| Conference: Decolonisation and the Sovereign Right to Self-Determination – ‘Where To From Here?’ |
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| Albert Hall, 100 Commonwealth Ave, Yarralumla, ACT 2601 |
9am | Welcome & scene setting | Registration & Welcome to conference |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
9.10am – 11am | Decolonisation And The Sovereign Right To Self-Determination (including Celestial Law & Ritual Statutes) |
Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of Sovereign Union & Leader of the Euahlayi Nation Concepts introduction https://vimeo.com/657705355 |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
11am – 11.30am | Break and 50th Cake | |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
11.30am – 12.10pm | Four Master Tropes (& understanding how double-speak is used against us) + Q&A |
Prof Gary Lilienthal, International lawyer Concept introduction: https://vimeo.com/653340809 |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
12.10pm-12.40pm | Predictive insights +Q&A |
Elisa Choy, Analysing Big Data for predictive insights to empower leaders |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
12.4- – 1pm | TBA | |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
1pm – 2pm | Lunch break | |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
2pm – 3.30pm | Speakers Panel Q&A Open Forum |
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| Albert Hall (Address above) |
1pm – 2pm | Break | |
| Albert Hall (Address above) |
4pm – 5.00 | Open Forum and Agreed Action Plan | |