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Site Study: The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Week 1
This week you will begin your site study of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the
lawns of Old Parliament House in Canberra.
Some of your work will be done on e-learning, some will be completed on the
worksheets attached.
Here is a list of the topics you will cover this week.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
Tent Embassy: Background
A multiple choice quiz in e-learning. It is
based on a review of the background to the
setting up of the Tent Embassy in January
1972.
Setting up the Tent Embassy
Here you will use e-learning to view sources
related to the setting up of the Tent
Embassy. You will use the sources to
investigate aspects of the setting up of the
Embassy by completing the attached
worksheet.
What is an embassy?
An e-learning quiz. It is based on a review
of what an embassy is and does and on a
comparison of some of the embassy
buildings in Canberra.
Reactions to the Tent Embassy
Again, you will use e-learning to view
sources on the reaction of individuals and
groups to the setting up of the Embassy.
You will use the sources to complete the
attached worksheet.
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Setting Up the Embassy: a source-based study
1.
What does Chicka Dixon say was the reason for setting up an “embassy” in
Canberra?
2.
What are Michael Anderson’s views on land?
3.
In two of the sources the protesters are holding posters. What do the posters
tell us about the views of the original members of the Tent Embassy?
4.
Looking at the sources, how did the Tent Embassy change over time?
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4.
The List of Demands . Why do you think that Land Rights are the focus of
the demands of the protesters?
4.
There were three different flags flown at the Tent Embassy. What did each
represent?
5.
What evidence do we have from the Australian newspaper that they
supported Aboriginal Rights? Quote from the source to support your answer.
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Reactions to the Embassy: using sources
1.
Source 1. What does the headline suggest about the Government response to
the Tent Embassy?
2.
Source 2. What was Gough Whitlam’s pledge to the Aboriginal protesters?
3.
Source 3. Why is the cartoon titled Tent Embassy Issue 1788?
4.
Sources 4 and 5. What do the photographs show about support from the
general public for the Tent Embassy?
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5.
Source 6. What was the outcome of the police action?
6.
Source 7. In what ways is the film clip useful to historians studying the
history of the Tent Embassy?
7.
If the Government had asked you about the future of the Embassy what
option would you have chosen from the following?
A.
Let it remain
B.
Remove it after negotiation
C.
Remove it by force
I would have chosen option:
My reasons are:
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