Government
A national vote where Australians decide whether or not to change the Constitution
What is a referendum?
The statement explains that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were the first peoples of this country.
What is Australia?
The landmark gave the Statement from the Heart its name?
Uluru
The famous costal road in Victoria
What is the Great Ocean Road?
This term refers to the spiritual beliefs and creation stories of many Aboriginal cultures.
What is the Dreamtime?
The name of the Prime Minister who vowed to implement the statement from the heart.
Who is Anthony Albanese?
The Uluru Statement says Indigenous Australians have a spiritual connection to this.
What is the Land?
The three parts of the statement of the heart
What are voice, treaty, and truth?
Australia's longest river
What is the Murray River?
This Prime Minister delivered the National Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008.
Who is Kevin Rudd?
The Prime Ministers who rejected the Statement from the Heart
Who are Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison?
The Uluru statement from the heart was officially released this year
What is 2017?
The vote in 2023 that followed the Statement of the heart
What is the 2023 Voice Referendum?
This gold rush state attracted thousands of prospectors in the 1850s.
This doctrine falsely claimed Australia belonged to no one before British settlement.
What is Terra Nullius?
The name for the required number of votes to win a referendum in Australia. Explain it for full points
What is a double majority?
The amount of Aboriginal people who attened the Uluru statement from the heart.
Over 250 people
The major national protest by Aboriginal organisations in 1938
What is the day of mourning?
This date marks the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
What is January 26?
Archaeological evidence shows Aboriginal peoples have lived in Australia for at least this many years.
What is 65,000 years
Something the supporters of the statement wanted so that future governments couldn't remove the policy.
What is constitutional protection?
Before the Uluru Statement from the Heart was created, Indigenous representatives met in a series of discussions across Australia known as these.
What are the First Nations Regional Dialogues?
The Uluru Statement’s main purpose is to shift Indigenous affairs from symbolic gestures to this kind of change
What is structural reform?
This flower is Australia's national floral emblem.
What is the Golden Wattle?
This annual week commemorates Indigenous history, culture, and achievements.
What is NAIDOC week?