Aboriginal Tent Embassy Mural, Timber Shed, Cockatoo Island Aboriginal Tent Embassy Mural, Timber Shed, Cockatoo Island (angled view)

In 2000, an Aboriginal rights group, led by Isabel Coe, set up camp on Cockatoo Island to support a land claim before the high Court. The group was a branch of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, which has occupied land outside Old Parliament House in Canberra since 1972. In March 2001, after their application had been refused, the group left peacefully. A series of artworks by the group are reminders of their four-month stay on the island. The artworks include murals painted on the timber shed and search light tower near Biloela House as well as a mirrored mosaic, which adorns the remnants of a decommissioned crane.

In 2000, an Aboriginal rights group, led by Isabel Coe, set up camp on Cockatoo Island to support a land claim before the high Court. The group was a branch of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, which has occupied land outside Old Parliament House in Canberra since 1972. In March 2001, after their application had been refused, the group left peacefully. A series of artworks by the group are reminders of their four-month stay on the island. The artworks include murals painted on the timber shed and search light tower near Biloela House as well as a mirrored mosaic, which adorns the remnants of a decommissioned crane.