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    Fire hits Aboriginal embassy

    By David Fickling in Canberra
    Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra
    Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra

    17 June 2003 - The Guardian (UK) -The days of Canberra's Aboriginal tent embassy are numbered after an arson attack on the camp over the weekend.

    The fire gutted a shipping container used as an information centre. It has led to renewed government calls for the camp to be removed from the centre of Canberra.

    The tent embassy, which has a shifting Aboriginal population - currently six - has stood opposite Australia's old parliament since it was set up by civil rights activists in 1972.

    Source: The Guardian (UK)


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