SUBJECTS: Civics and Citizenship, History
YEARS: 5–6, 9–10
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established on the lawns of the Old Parliament House in 1972 only to be forcibly removed a few months later.
Why do you think the reporter compares the protest in Canberra to events in Louisiana and Mississippi in USA? What are the protesters chanting?
See if you can find out what happened to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy over the years.
Date of broadcast: 1972
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