Thirty years after Invasion to Embassy: Land in Aboriginal politics in New South Wales 1770–1972 , the Aboriginal land demand continues

On the thirtieth anniversary of the late historian Heather Goodall’s seminal and most cited work, Invasion to Embassy: Land in Aboriginal Politics in New South Wales, 1770–1972, this essay canvases the central thesis and how this ran counter to dominant narratives about Aboriginal activism in south-eastern Australia. It asks how recognition of land rights, and changes in the relationship between Aboriginal people and governments, informs Aboriginal politics today.