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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra

• 1972 – Police in Canberra disassemble the Aboriginal Tent Embassy and arrest eight protesters; it is reestablished in October.
• 1978 – Middle-distance runner Tamsyn Manou is born.
• 1979 – Inaugural meeting of the National Farmers' Federation
• 2002 – The ALP government of Jim Bacon is re-elected for a second term in Tasmania.