Aboriginal passport
An Aboriginal passport refers to various travel documents issued by the
Use by activists
In the late 1980s Tasmanian activist Michael Mansell introduced an Aboriginal Passport. The passport was issued to a delegation that visited Libya in 1988. The passports were used to get into Libya and Mansell in an interview said that it was the "first time I've had any other country recognise the fact that I'm not Australian".[3] On the delegation's return to Australia they were detained by immigration officials until they produced Australian documentation. The Aboriginal Provisional Government, an organization seeking to create an Aboriginal nation, continued to issue Aboriginal Passports into the 1990s.[3][4][5][6][7] The group regards the Australian passport issued by the Australian government as "a foreign and colonial travel document" and so issues Aboriginal passports as "an act of Aboriginal sovereignty."[1]
Under Australian's
In September 2012, the Indigenous Social Justice Association, an Australian group which wants recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty, showed their support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by giving him an Aboriginal Nations passport.[8]
In September 2014, four Indigenous Australian activists were permitted to re-enter Australia from Canada using "Aboriginal Provisional Government" passports but were warned not to attempt it again.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b Joshua Robertson, Tolerance of travellers with Aboriginal passports amounts to recognition, says activist, The Guardian (April 20, 2015).
- ^ "Fantasy passports". Information concerning the non-exhaustive list of known fantasy and camouflage passports, as stipulated by Article 6 of Decision No 1105/2011/EU (PDF). European Commission. 15 February 2023. p. 2.
- ^ a b "Desperate Times". Message Stick. 14 May 2004. ABC Television. yes.
- ^ Frail, Rod (30 June 1988). "Mansell group held up in passport hitch". The Age. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-85575-466-2.- Total pages: 293
- ISBN 0-8248-1891-1.
- ISBN 0-85575-252-1.
- ^ Assange gets an Aboriginal passport, Australian Associated Press (September 15, 2012).
- ^ Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports, Special Broadcasting Service (September 19, 2014).