Billy Craigie
Billy Craigie (* 1953 near Moree , New South Wales in Australia ; † August 1998 in Redfern , a district of Sydney , New South Wales) was one of the four founders of the tent embassy at the Old Parliament House in Canberra in 1972 . He was an Aborigine the Kamilaori .
On January 26, 1972, at the age of 19, Billy Craigie was involved with Michael Anderson, Tony Coorey and Bertie Williams in Canberra in the construction of the tent embassy that still exists today. They erected a parasol on the lawn in front of what was then the Australian Parliament Building (now the Old Parliament House) as a protest against the racist policies of the Federal Government of Australia.
Billy Craigie was involved in the founding of organizations in the 1970s that were the first to advocate the social, medical and legal interests of the Aborigines.
As a trade unionist , he was actively involved in the fighting of the Maritime Union of Australia in 1998 in the 43 day clash with the Patrick Corporation , an Australian transport company.
As a representative of the Aborigines, he took part in international conferences such as the United Nations Conference on Indigenous Peoples in Geneva .
Billy Craigie was married to Isabel Coe (1951–2012), one of the most famous Aboriginal leaders in Australia.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ ACT Legislative Assembly Hansard (English). In: hansard.act.gov.au. Retrieved March 17, 2015
- ^ Lara Pullin: Billy Craigie: Gomilaroy Warrior (English). In: Greenleft, September 2, 1998. Retrieved March 17, 2015
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| SURNAME | Craigie, Billy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Aboriginal political activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moree , New South Wales , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1998 |
| Place of death | Redfern , New South Wales |