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Gary Foley

About

Gary Foley is an Australian Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern in the 1970s. He is currently a Professor of History at Victoria University.

Foley also co-wrote and acted in the first indigenous Australian stage production, Basically Black.

Past Events

Dirty secrets

Gary Foley, Michael Kirby, Meredith Burgmann, Anne Summers

Past event

26 May

What's That Sound? Activism Today

Jim Obergefell, Elaine Pearson, Tess Lawley, Gary Foley, Amelia Telford

Past event

14 Nov

On Your Marx

Helen Razer, Nazeem Hussain, Alyx Gorman, Gary Foley

Past event

29 Nov

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Indigenous News

Jack Latimore, Gary Foley

Past event

10 Nov
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