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Billy Craigie, Bert Williams, Michael Anderson and Tony Coorey, four young Aboriginal men stand with their beach umbrella in front of Parliament House, Canberra. They are holding signs which read "land ownership, not lease" "land rights or else" "why pay to use our own land?" "Which do you choose, land rights or bloodshed" and "legally this is our land, we shall take it if need be"

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Billy Craigie, Bert Williams, Michael Anderson and Tony Coorey, four young Aboriginal men stand with their beach umbrella in front of Parliament House, Canberra. They are holding signs which read "land ownership, not lease" "land rights or else" "why pay to use our own land?" "Which do you choose, land rights or bloodshed" and "legally this is our land, we shall take it if need be"
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Jessamyn (jessamyn@glammr.us)'s status on Sunday, 16-Mar-2025 08:13:46 JST Jessamyn

New year, new #Wikipedia list.
Billy Craigie was an Aboriginal Australian activist who was one of the original people creating the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra protesting the government's Australia Day statement on land rights (supporting leasing of the people's ancestral lands). They set up a beach umbrella, camped out, got arrested, started a movement. We had a photo of him in Flickr Commons so I wrote this up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Craigie
Last year's list is here. https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/111715750451779186

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