Aboriginal Tent Embassy 1972

On 25 January 1972, the Australian Prime Minister, William McMahon, stated that his Government would never grant land rights to Aborigines.

In frustration four men pitched a beach umbrella with a sign saying Aboriginal Embassy on the lawns opposite Parliament House late on the night of January 26.....

This film is courtesy of Smart Street Films. It is an excerpt from the documentary film, Ningla A'Na, by Alessandro Cavadini.