1/17Bystander confronts right-to-march protesters in King George Square in 1978.
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2/17Anti-uranium protest, 1977. People hold up their arms to show they are not resisting arrest. Picture: Mike Moores
3/17Women display posters in support of equal pay at City Hall in 1969. Picture: Ted Holliday
4/17Stafford locals gather to complain about water drainage woes in 1955. Picture: Ray Saunders
5/17Students protest at Her Majestys Theatre after Les Ballets Africains performers were forced to cover up. Picture: Ray Saunders
6/17Basic Wage march down Edward St in 1950.
7/17The brother of Aboriginal dancer Daniel Yock, who died in the back of a paddy wagon, confronts police in 1993.
8/17Students march up Alice St towards Parliament House to be met by a wall of police in 1967. Picture: Cliff Postle
9/17Luana Virzi, 5, and environmentalists protest against a space base plan in 1990. Picture: Craig Shaw
10/17Police tackle an anti-uranium protester in Adelaide St in 1977. Picture: Mike Moores
11/17Seamen of the freighter Denman make their feelings known about scab labour. Picture: Noel Pascoe
12/17Seamen on the oil tanker Esso Gippsland with their protest sign at BP Wharf, Hamilton, during the Utah dispute in 1977. Picture: Bob Barnes
13/17Dentist Harry Akers and dog Jaffa during a 1978 right to march protest.
14/17Springbok demonstrators surrounded by police outside the Tower Mill Motel in 1971. Picture: Noel Pascoe
15/17Chief of the CIB Technical section, Inspector Les Bardwell (front right) leads the bomb squad on to the Brisbane Exhibition Ground before the start of the Springbok vs Qld rugby match in 1971. Picture: Bob Barnes
16/17More than 2000 anti-apartheid demonstrators stage a sit down in Queen St, 1971.
17/17Vietnam Moratorium demonstration. An estimated 5000 marchers packed into the Roma St garden area to listen to speakers. Picture: Barry Pascoe
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