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Gary Foley

History with Gary Foley

Marxism 2016

A prominent figure in the history of Aboriginal resistance in Australia, Foley was centrally involved in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972. His activism continued in many of the campaigns for land rights and justice, including the massive protests at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games and the Bicentenary celebrations in the 1980s, the successful campaign to save Northland Secondary College in Melbourne and the protests that stopped the Jabiluka uranium mine in the 1990s.