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Aboriginal rights protest at the opening of the new Parliament House building

Tape 2: Recorded 9 May 1988 at the protest at the opening of the new parliament house

 

 

Start – Rally starting at 5am, chants, description, some short vox pops

15:10 – Rev Charles Harris – Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress

15:55 – CAAMA from Alice Springs (NT)

18:30 – from Bairnsdale (Vic)

19:55 – Rodney Williams, Nurungga people (South Australia)

20:25 – Eve Fesl, Gubbi Gubbi and Gungulu clans (Qld)

27:15 – Michael Mansell, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre 

29:20 – Greg Eatock, publicity officer of Committee to Defend Black Rights (NSW)

32:40 – Georgina Williams, Nurrungga people (SA)

35:15 – More descriptions of protest and vox pops

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