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  1. Aboriginal embassy set up to reclaim Redfern Block

    Indigenous Peter Boyle An Aboriginal tent embassy was set up on May 26 to reclaim the historic ... developers. The tent embassy is steadily growing in size and the call is out for solidarity. Drop in, show ... Redfern Block. Veteran Aboriginal activist Jenny Munro says the Block is Aboriginal land and the ...

  2. 50 years of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy resistance

    Anti-racism History Indigenous Chloe DS Markela Panegyres Aboriginal Tent Embassy First Nations ... profit from the land. Gumbainggir activist and academic Gary Foley wrote in The Aboriginal Tent Embassy ... was doubly insulting. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established in Canberra. First Nations activists ...

  3. Waterloo Tent Embassy: 鈥淥ur homes are not for sale!鈥

    up a tent embassy at Waterloo Green to resist the destruction of their homes and their community. The ... Redfern. WPHAG spokesperson Richard Weeks said: 鈥淲e plan to stay out in the cold by day and in tents by ... now! You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. July 1, 2016 1100 A tent embassy at ...

  4. Supporters mobilise for Tent Embassy

    Supporters mobilise for Tent Embassy BY SIMON BUTLER SYDNEY 鈥 Following reports that police were ... about to evict Aboriginal protesters from Victoria Park and close the Aboriginal Tent Embassy there, 150 ... and Environment Court to force the Tent Embassy out of the park. South Sydney mayor John Fowler ...

  5. The proud history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    domain. On "Australia Day", January 26, 1972, the Tent Embassy was established in response to ... establishment included Gary Foley, Chicka Dixon, Pearl Gibbs and Paul Coe. Efforts to remove the Tent Embassy ... possible can attend the screening. Jenny Munro, "the baby of the Tent Embassy activists", will be ...

  6. The proud history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    1972, the Tent Embassy was established in response to the McMahon Coalition government's refusal to ... Paul Coe. Efforts to remove the Tent Embassy were prevented by a flaw in Canberra ordinances. It was ... of the Tent Embassy activists", will be there to share memories and facilitate discussion on the ...

  7. Injunction granted against Tent Embassy

    Sydney and throughout NSW support the Tent Embassy, including the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Centre, the ... Fowler has sought and received a court injunction to remove the Aboriginal Tent Embassy from Victoria ... community did not support the embassy. Many local indigenous organisations in and around Redfern, inner-city ...

  8. Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to stay

    Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to stay BY JENNIFER THOMPSON SYDNEY 鈥 With a Land and Environment ... issue of the number of tents in the park, which is still being discussed. The embassy moved from outside ... Court injunction looming, an agreement between police, South Sydney Council and the Aboriginal Tent ...

  9. MUA rallies to defend the Redfern block

    Indigenous Liam Cohrs the Block Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy (RATE) Maritime Union of Australia ... by unionist supporters of the embassy. Broader support for the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy is ... unionists and supporters Trade unionists and supporters of the Redfern Tent Embassy (RATE) gathered here on ...

  10. Waterloo Housing Tent Embassy: 'Re-block, not knock down'

    Twitter. July 8, 2016 1101 The Waterloo Housing Tent Embassy has been set up to campaign against the loss ... Redfern.鈥 The government says one-third of the new apartments will be social housing. But social housing is ... homes of Redfern and Waterloo public housing tenants. "Up till now, the only parties supporting us ...

  11. 25 years of the Tent Embassy

    Commonwealth Police to violently dismantle the Aboriginal Tent Embassy settlement of about 20 tents and ... embassy site now consists of two portable buildings, a fireplace and communal area and assorted tents ... hundreds of protesters. July 30 marked 25 years since the dismantling of this first embassy, yet the ...

  12. Action for Public Housing launched in Sydney

    Housing Socialist Alliance Jim McIlroy Peter Boyle Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy (RATE) Redfern ... developers." Jenny Munro spoke about the successful struggle by the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy to defend ... (APH) was launched at the Redfern Community Centre on June 24. The launch was addressed by Green Bans ...

  13. Rapper Felon makes arresting hip-hop

    Books & music Mat Ward Hip hop music Rap music Provocalz Felon Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy ... Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy and Felon Mason is stripped to the waist. It's hot and it's ... activists at the Redfern Embassy have found out, says Felon. "All our white supporters here, ...

  14. Redfern Aborigines under attack

    Embassy in Canberra and the other is here in Redfern. In 1973, when we were trying to help establish the ... social problems." Isabelle Coe from the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra told the public meeting, ... been doing any repairs." Coe continued: "I've just come from the Aboriginal tent embassy ...

  15. News briefs

    attacks tent embassy CANBERRA 鈥"Pauline Hanson is right about you fellows being cannibals", ... shouted a man as he attacked Aborigines sleeping at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy next to Old Parliament ... 273 May 7, 1997 Redfern housing questions SYDNEY 鈥 At an Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) annual ...

  16. TJ Hickey Memorial could be closer to reality

    Indigenous Raul Bassi Aboriginal Tent Embassy TJ Hickey Indigenous Social Justice Association ... has supported the Housing Commission in Waterloo since its formation. An Aboriginal Tent Embassy has ... Redfern earlier this year. News ...

  17. [PHOTOS] Sydney: March against forced closures of Aboriginal communities

    over the same weekend. The protesters then marched through city streets to the Redfern Aboriginal Tent ... arrived at the tent embassy for a concert. Photos below by Peter Boyle. Australia June 29, 2015 1058 ... Embassy, stopping at several inter91自拍论坛 to hear fiery speeches and for performances of traditional ...

  18. Invasion Day actions

    House, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Aboriginal tent embassy. Speakers, including Isabel Coe, ... history of the Aboriginal tent embassy. The tent embassy has recently established an exhibition centre in ... Redfern, the funding cuts to the Redfern Legal Centre, the boycott campaign of the Sydney Olympics and the ...

  19. Sydney protest against threat to close WA Aboriginal communities

    of services of remote Western Australian Aboriginal communities. Redfern Tent Embassy residents and ...

  20. Huge rallies against WA community closures

    contingent was present. The protest marched to Redfern Tent Embassy, not deterred by pouring rain. The rally ... began with a dancing ceremony. The chair of the rally, Felon Mason, from the Redfern Tent Embassy, spoke ... the Grandmothers Against Child Removals, spoke at Belmore park and Redfern Tent Embassy. Jenny Munro, ...

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