Key People
He led the 1965 Freedom Ride through NSW country towns, challenging segregation.
Charles Perkins
Year of the Australian Freedom Ride.
1965
Policy approach that aimed to absorb Aboriginal People into White Australian society.
Assimilation
Government bodies that controlled many aspects of Aboriginal Peoples’ lives, including wages and reserves.
Aboriginal Protection Boards.
What did Australians vote on in the 2023 referendum?
Whether to create an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament.
Torres Strait Islander whose High Court case overturned terra nullius in 1992.
Eddie Mabo
Year of the national referendum that changed Sections 51(xxvi) and 127 of the Constitution.
1967
The 1938 event on Australia Day where Aboriginal leaders protested loss of land and rights.
The Day of Mourning
Term for children forcibly removed from their families under past policies.
The Stolen Generations.
In what year was the Uluru Statement from the Heart released
2017
Who was the leader of the 1966 Wave Hill Walk-Off.
Vincent Lingiari
Year the High Court recognised native title in the Mabo decision.
1992
This group of Aboriginal Peoples were the protesters that started the 1966–75 Wave Hill Walk-Off over equal pay and land rights.
The Gurindji People.
A right commonly denied to Aboriginal people in many towns before the mid-1960s, exposed by the NSW Freedom Rides
Equal access to public facilities / service in shops / swimming pools / pubs, etc. (Any one.)
Which sporting league hosts the "Sir Doug Nicholls Round" honoring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and the contribution of their players to the game.
AFL
US civil rights leader whose non-violent methods inspired Australian activists.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly.
1948
The 1997 national inquiry/report documenting experiences of the Stolen Generations.
Bringing Them Home report.
This Victorian town, on the riverbank opposite Cummeragunja, became the site of the nine-month strike camp.
Barmah
What colour is the Aboriginal flag, and what do the colours mean
Black (the people), red (the land), and yellow (the sun)
Campaigner who helped drive the 1967 Referendum movement; also prominent in the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI).
Faith Bandler
Year the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was first established in Canberra.
1972
Name the two NSW towns the Freedom Rides passed through famous for major protests raising awareness about equal rights.
Walgett and Moree.
Who were the two protest leaders of the Day of Mourning?
Jack Patten and William Ferguson
What is deaths in custody?
The deaths of Aboriginal people while held in police or prison custody