The activists took six young Aboriginal boys,[3] including his nine-year-old brother Dan, from Moree Mission to the segregated swimming pool.
The workers formed the Wee Waa Aboriginal Cotton Chippers Caucus[3] and went on strike there in protest against poor wages,[2] which was successful.
[9] Munro participated in the setting up of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972; the 1982 Commonwealth Games protests; 1988 Bicentennial protests; anti-Bjelke-Petersen actions in Queensland; and the dismantling of the gates of the Parliament House, Sydney, and Parliament House, Brisbane, after negotiations concerning Aboriginal land rights had failed to produce any result.
He saw Paul Coe and Billy Craigie as heroes of resistance, and John Newfong as a brilliant Aboriginal journalist.
He later said:[3] We revelled in the struggle of the ’70s, if we disagreed with an institution, we walked into their headquarters and simply took over the building and occupied it until we were moved.In 2014, Munro, his wife Jenny Munro, and other activists set up the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy, to protest against a planned redevelopment, known as the Pemulwuy Project, by the Aboriginal Housing Company of The Block in the Sydney suburb of Redfern.
[16] In 1981 he was photographed by Juno Gemes speaking at Parliament House, Sydney, as a representative of National Aboriginal Legal Services.
[14] In 1984 he was elected chairman of the ALS, succeeding Paul Coe, after working for the service for 10 years as a field officer and administrator.
He spent some time in Strasbourg, running a program and giving lectures at the International Institute of Human Rights.
[2] The exhibition was mounted in 2012, and represents a selection of Elders who have "contributed to the important role of culture, education, health, community or social justice".