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the Sea of hands as done by ANTaR

(Australian for Native Title and Reconciliation)

The Sea of Hands has been installed in every major city and many regional locations throughout Australia, and continues to gather signatures everywhere it appears. The first sea of hands installation was created by ANTar for the protection of the rights of the indigenous people:

-for the right to be themselves, to enjoy their cultures, languages, laws and traditions; and
-to have their rights to land and cultural heritage respected and protected.

The Sea of Hands was preceded by a petition, the Citizen's Statement on Native Title, which quickly attracted thousands of signatories but since it was not successful enough, they created the "sea of hands".The first Sea of Hands was held on the 12 October 1997. 70,000 coloured plastic hands, each one carrying one signature from the Citizen's Statement, were installed in front of Parliament House in Canberra.

ANTaR demonstrates for the aboriginal children's protection, for the reconciliation of Australia with the aboriginal people, for the improvement of the health of aboriginal people because they live 17 years less than the average Australian people, to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody, to ensure that Australia gets a Human Right Act (Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a Human Rights Act), to eliminate violence and abuse, for the education of Aboriginal people which is vital to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.

There are two kinds of aboriginals with two different flag:

the Torres Strait Islander