Rights & Freedoms in Australia
This 1938 protest was held by Aboriginal activists to challenge the celebration of 150 years of British colonisation.
What was the Day of Mourning?
This woman became famous after refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who was Rosa Parks?
This policy aimed to make Aboriginal people live like white Australians.
What was assimilation?
This was the political and ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
What was the Cold War?
This policy involved Australia fighting threats overseas before they reached Australia.
What was Forward Defence?
This 1948 United Nations document stated that all people should have basic rights and freedoms.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This protest campaign began after Rosa Parks’ arrest and challenged segregation on public buses.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This term refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were removed from their families by governments, churches and welfare authorities.
Who were the Stolen Generations?
This ideology was associated with the Soviet Union and promoted state control of the economy.
What is communism?
This 1951 treaty linked Australia, New Zealand and the United States in a security alliance.
What was ANZUS?
This 1965 protest exposed racism in rural NSW towns such as Moree and Walgett.
What was the Freedom Ride?
This group of students challenged school segregation in Arkansas in 1957.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
This 1966 strike by Gurindji workers became an important land rights protest.
What was the Wave Hill Walk-Off?
This ideology was associated with the United States and promoted private ownership and democratic government.
What is capitalism?
This Prime Minister attempted to ban the Communist Party of Australia.
Who was Robert Menzies?
This term refers to the movement for equal treatment, legal rights and social justice for groups who have been discriminated against.
What are civil rights?
This term means the enforced separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?
This Prime Minister symbolically poured soil into Vincent Lingiari’s hand in 1975.
Who was Gough Whitlam?
This theory suggested that if one country became communist, nearby countries might also become communist.
What was the Domino Theory?
This is one reason Australia became more closely linked to the United States after World War II.
Australia wanted protection from a powerful ally in the Pacific, especially as Britain’s influence declined.
This is one reason media coverage was important during the Australian Freedom Ride.
It helped reveal discrimination to a wider Australian audience and placed pressure on communities and governments to respond.
This is one way the US civil rights movement showed the power of protest.
It used organised, public and often non-violent protest to challenge unfair laws and pressure governments to change
This is why the handback of land to the Gurindji people was historically significant
It recognised Aboriginal connection to Country and became a powerful symbol of the land rights movement.
This 1962 event brought the United States and Soviet Union close to nuclear war.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This is one way fear of communism affected Australia’s foreign policy.
It encouraged Australia to support US-led containment & forward defense policies and become involved in conflicts such as Korea and Vietnam.