Key Events
What happened in 1967 that changed the Australian Constitution regarding Aboriginal people?
Referendum
Who was Charles Perkins?
Leader of the Freedom Ride, Aboriginal activist, first Aboriginal to graduate from university
What does “terra nullius” mean?
Land belonging to no one
What did the 1962 Commonwealth Electoral Act change?
Gave Aboriginal people the right to vote in federal elections
What was the Freedom Ride of 1965, and who led it?
A bus tour to expose racism, led by Charles Perkins
Who challenged terra nullius in the High Court?
Eddie Mabo
What was the significance of the 1967 referendum for Indigenous Australians?
Counted in census
What was the legal and symbolic importance of the 2008 National Apology?
Acknowledged and apologised for the Stolen Generations
When was the Mabo Decision made and what did it recognise?
1992, Native Title Rights
Name the woman who wouldn't give up her seat on the bus in the U.S.
Rosa Parks
What were the Stolen Generations?
Children forcibly removed from families
What major human rights document was co-authored with significant input from Australia’s Herbert Evatt
Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
What is apartheid, and in which country did it occur?
System of racial segregation in South Africa
What did the Bringing Them Home Report reveal in 1997?
Impacts of the Stolen Generations
What was the Redfern Speech (1992) about and who gave it?
PM Paul Keating acknowledged injustices to Indigenous people
What global convention was adopted in 1948 to prevent acts like the Holocaust?
Genocide Convention
Who delivered the 2008 National Apology?
Kevin Rudd