Aboriginal embassy

Posted by Sidonie (Sydney, Australia) on 11 February 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Opposite Old Parliament House, Canberra. Set up 36 years ago to protest lack of Aboriginal rights in Australia. This week it assumes importance as the meeting place of the nation's Aboriginal leaders in anticipation of Wednesday's official apology - "SORRY" - from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - for the forcible removal of children from their families, known as "the stolen generations".

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