Jan. 26 is officially Australia Day but to Indigenous communities there, it’s better known as Invasion Day. Fifty years ago on Australia Day, activists erected an Aboriginal Embassy in a tent opposite Australia’s Parliament building in Canberra to illustrate their lack of recognition or agency by the Australian government. It grew into a national and even international event and a turning point for Indigenous activism. Marco Werman speaks with Gary Foley, an Aboriginal Gumbainggird who helped organize the 1972 protest.
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