Past Events
These are just some of the events initiated by Refugee Action Collective (Vic), or initiated by others but at which RAC played a major part. Thank you to everyone who supplied the photos.
If you were at any of these actions and have some better photos, or you would like to contribute your own comments about these actions, please send us an email, quoting the date of the action. If you would like to write a caption, please quote the date of the action and the photo number. If there are any events which have been missed, especially if you have photos of that event, please contact us at refugeeaction@hotmail.com.

2008
28 June RAC members and supporters participate in an attention-grabbing, traffic-stopping, visually dramatic stunt, framed by Melbourne's most notable landmarks.
17 June Are We There Yet? A forum to discuss where we are up to in the struggle for refugee rights.
22 April - Public meeting. Hear what’s changed and what hasn’t in refugee policy under the new Rudd government, and find out how we can go forward from here.

2007
24 November - Federal Election
17 November - March for Multiculturalism
26 August - Remembering Tampa
17 June - World Refugee Day
Easter in Melbourne

2006
26 August - Remembering Tampa
18 June - World Refugee Day
16 April - Easter in Melbourne
28 March - Suffering for Sanctuary

2005
9 December - International Human Rights Day Rally
26 August - Remembering Tampa
25-27 March - Easter weekend convergence at Baxter Detention Centre
1 February - National day of action against Emirates Airlines

2004
16 November - Canberra convergence
9 September - National Day of Shame
August - Remembering Tampa
June - World Refugee Day
April - Easter convergence at Prime Minister's residence, Kiribilli, New South Wales
4 April - Palm Sunday, Refugee Hope March

2003
18 December - Children out for Christmas
11 November - Lest We Forget
August - Tampa Day
17 August - action at airport to prevent return to Nauru
5 July - National Day of Action at airports against deportations
28 June - Writeathon
22 June - World Refugee Day
18-20 April - Easter convergence at Baxter, South Australia
11 January - Protest against government lies about refugees

2002
1 November - National Day of Action at Southbank
12 June - Nader Sayadi's deportation was horrible.
17 May - The Tampa visits Melbourne
29-31 March - Easter convergence at Woomera, South Australia
24 March - Palm Sunday march
12 February - National convergence at Canberra for the opening of federal parliament
24 January - Protest outside DIMIA (Dept of Immigration, Multiculturalism & Indigenous Affairs)

2001
24 October - The Grieving Site
21-23 September - first convergence at Woomera, South Australia, and solidarity action at State Library, Melbourne
3 September - National Day of Action and protest at Exhibition Buildings
26 August - The Norwegian ship, Tampa, arrives at Christmas Island with it's rescuees and is turned away by the Australian government
Various events outside Maribyrnong Immigration Detention
Early web page with photos from many different groups in Melbourne
Various announcements
In between these events listed at left, particularly 2001-2005, RAC members were never idle. If they were not running city street stalls, handing out leaflets and urging passers-by to become involved in the campaign, they were shaking buckets at concerts given by Michael Franti or John Butler. RAC(Vic) extends its eternal gratitude to these artists for urging their audiences to make very generous donations to our campaign.

Meanwhile, the refugees themselves kept up their own protests - by sleeping on the roof of their compounds, or whatever else they could manage within the limits of their very restricted situations.