Lynda-June Coe – The Conversation

Benjamin Duterrau, The Conciliation 1840, oil on canvas. Purchased by the Friends of TMAG and the Board of Trustees, 1945. Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, AG79.

May 31, 2023

In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn’t stop the massacres

Stephen Gapps, University of Newcastle and Lynda-June Coe, Macquarie University

The office of the Protector of Aborigines was established in an effort to hear to the ‘wants, wishes and grievances’ of Aboriginal people. It failed almost immediately.

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. Ellen Duffy

March 31, 2022

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy at 50: the history of an ongoing protest for Indigenous sovereignty in Australia – podcast

Carissa Lee, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation, and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Plus, new research into how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of young people born into poverty around the world.

Activist and actor Bob Maza addresses a protest at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in front of Parliament House on July 30, 1972. Wikimedia Commons

January 12, 2022

A short history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy – an indelible reminder of unceded sovereignty

Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University and Lynda-June Coe, Macquarie University

This year, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set to celebrate its 50th year of continuous occupation. Its presence is an ongoing call for land rights, sovereignty and self-determination.

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