Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/July/July 20
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
.