Guide to the Convoy to Canberra, February 2022, 2022

 

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Summary

Collection number:
PIC/21016/1-36
Extent:
36 items and (36 photographs) : TIFF file, colour
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of item], Convoy to Canberra, 2022 / by Hamish Cairns, National Library of Australia, PIC/21016/[item number]'.

Background

Scope and content:
In early 2022, inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Canada, thousands of people from around Australia converged on Canberra, calling themselves the Convoy to Canberra. The Convoy to Canberra was comprised of people protesting disparate issues, but concerns were focused on vaccines and vaccine mandates. The group also included members of the Sovereign Citizen movement, QAnon conspiracy groups, the United Australia Party, some Indigenous activists, far-right groups and others. The Canberra to Convoy protestors frequently decorated their cars with slogans and used flags such as the Australian Red Ensign, the Eureka Stockage flag and the Australian flag flown upside down to communicate their beliefs. This collection documents the Convoy to Canberra protest and comprises images of protestors, their signs and decorated cars, their campground at Exhibition Park in Canberra and associated protest infrastructure, and the protestors marching over Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and gathering in front of Parliament House. It also includes images of influential people within the Australian anti-vaccination mandate movement such as ex-Qantas pilot Graham Hood, and Riccardo Bossi.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Society and culture

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Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8646368).
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of item], Convoy to Canberra, 2022 / by Hamish Cairns, National Library of Australia, PIC/21016/[item number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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