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    Indigenous Man "Harassed" After Presenting Aboriginal Passport

    Callum Clayton-Dixon claims Customs staff "tried to intimidate" him.

    "I'm an Aboriginal man returning to my country with an Aboriginal passport." –Callum Clayton-Dixon

    Customs "does not consider an Aboriginal passport to be a valid travel document."

    The Aboriginal Provisional Government (APG) issues the passports. It was launched in 1990 to campaign for Aboriginal sovereignty. Clayton-Dixon is currently the chairperson.

    One of the more famous holders of an Aboriginal passport is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

    Right: Mr Assange's father delivers the passport to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

    "Why should we as an Aboriginal people be forced to use a colonial document that we never agreed to?" –Callum Clayton-Dixon

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    Mr Dixon says he'll continue to use the passport and that the APG are currently working with a US company to produce a travel document that meets United Nations security requirements.

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