jane2022-10-28T10:49:33+11:00January 24th, 2018|
Michael Anderson speaking at the Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, Australia, 26 January 2017. Photo: Jane Morrison Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their supporters call this national holiday on 26 January, 'the Day of Mourning', 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'. For the government, 26 January celebrates the arrival [...]
jane2017-12-05T23:41:54+11:00December 5th, 2017|
Aboriginal Embassy activist, Adrian Charles Davis, 63, has appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on a charge that he refused to leave the disused Lobby restaurant, near the iconic Embassy protest site, when asked to do so by police. The incident took place following the controversial occupation of the former [...]
jane2017-12-05T07:12:54+11:00November 10th, 2017|
Aboriginal people attending a two-day national meeting on the weekend at the Aboriginal Embassy in Australia's national capital, Canberra, have occupied a vacant restaurant near the Embassy in an assertion of their continuing sovereignty over their lands. Sherryn Groch, The Canberra Times, Monday 6 November 2017 at: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/aboriginal-tent-embassy-evict-commonwealth-from-canberras-lobby-restaurant-20171106-gzfk65.html Aboriginal sovereignty [...]
