SUBJECTS: Civics and Citizenship, History
YEARS: 5–6, 9–10
How did the yes vote in 1967 change the way laws were made for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
The struggle for land rights became the focus of the next wave of Aboriginal activists, who gained domestic and world attention by erecting a tent embassy on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra.
Why was the Tent Embassy a powerful symbol for the struggle for land rights?
What else can you find out about the Aboriginal Tent Embassy?
What did it begin as, and what has it become?
Date of broadcast: 26 May 2017
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