Isabell Edie Coe 1951 - 2012
Isabell Coe, a Wiradjuri woman, was actively involved in the establishment and maintenance of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, Land Rights, the Sovereignty movement and recognition of the ongoing Aboriginal genocide.
Isabell has been a Tent Embassy activist in Canberra from the beginning. Her husband, Billy Craigie was one of the founders in 1972.
She said after four decades the plight of Aboriginal people has not improved. "In fact everything's gotten worse for Aboriginal people," she said. But she argued at the 40th Tent Embassy commemoration and get-together in 2012 that it remains as relevant today as it did 40 years ago.