Producer unknown to us
Sticker “Rock against Racism“
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
1987
Adhesive film
Birgit Scheps (Curator for Australia) acquired this sticker in 1987, during a study trip to Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
Donated to the museum by Scheps in 1987
Au 4121
The sticker presents the Indigenous musicians’ movement “Rock against Racism,” which was engaged in the contemporary land rights protests. The shape of Ayers Rock (uluru) in the center serves as symbol for the “Rock against Racism” campaign; the colors black, red and yellow represent the land rights flag.
Birgit Scheps, currently curator for Australia and the Pacific at Leipzig, acquired this sticker during her study trip in Brisbane, 1987.
In 1988, Australia commemorated the 200-year anniversary of its founding as a British colony that later became the Federation of Australian States. However, the Indigenous population had no reason to celebrate, and used the “Bicentenary” to protest racism, injustice, and discrimination against First Australians, and, most importantly, to demand their traditional land rights.
For the first time, these protests also reached a wide international audience.
Birgit Scheps-Bretschneider