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Latitude
-35.302273
Longitude
149.129734
Start Date
1972-01-26
End Date
1972-01-26

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In protest against the McMahon government's treatment of Indigenous land rights, four Indigenous men placed an umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House and declared it the Aboriginal Embassy. This occurred on 26 January 1972, however it was permanently established on the lawns at Parliament House in 1992. (Source: https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/aboriginal-tent-embassy)

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ID
tb350

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place
Canberra, ACT