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This year the Freedom Ride travelled through regional NSW to expose racism.
When is 1965?
This Aboriginal activist and university student helped lead the 1965 Freedom Ride to expose racism in regional NSW.
Who is Charles Perkins?
What two major changes did the 1967 referendum make to the Australian Constitution?
It allowed the federal government to make laws for Aboriginal people and included them in the national census.
Where is Moree located? (where Charles Perkins protested segregation at the local pool?)
Where is NSW?
The person that said this: “I wanted to prove that Aboriginal people were capable of achieving anything.”
Who is Charles Perkins?
This referendum allowed the federal government to make laws for Aboriginal people and included them in the census.
When is 1967?
This Torres Strait Islander man challenged Australian law and led to the recognition of Native Title.
Who is Eddie Mabo?
What did the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 make illegal in Australia?
It made racial discrimination unlawful, in areas such as employment, housing, education, and access to services or public places.
The 1965 Freedom Ride in Australia was inspired by a similar protest in the United States that challenged segregation on buses. What year did the US Freedom Rides occur in?
When is 1961?
The person that said this: "My family has occupied the land here for hundreds of years before Captain Cook was born. They are now trying to say I cannot own it."
Who is Eddie Mabo?
In this year, the High Court recognised Native Title and rejected the idea of 'terra nullius'.
When is 1992?
Aboriginal activists that were key leaders in the campaign for the 1967 Referendum.
Who are Faith Bandler and Pearl Gibbs?
What important right did the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 give to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
It allowed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to vote in federal elections.
Approximately how many Australians voted 'YES' to the 1967% referendum?
What is 90.77%?
The person who said this: "...this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again."
Who is Kevin Rudd?
This year the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established outside Parliament House in Canberra.
When is 1972?
This Australian Prime Minister delivered the National Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008.
Who is Kevin Rudd?
Why was the Native Title Act 1993 introduced and what did it recognise?
It recognised Native Title and allowed Indigenous Australians to claim traditional land rights after the Mabo decision.
Which court heard the Mabo v Queensland case?
Who is The High Court of Australia?
The person that said: "The one word ‘Yes’ on May 27 will open the door for real reform. It will tell the world at large that there is only one Australian, and his colour doesn’t matter at all."
Who is Faith Bandler?
This year the Racial Discrimination Act was passed in Australia.
When is 1975?
This Prime Minister delivered the famous Redfern Speech acknowledging injustices against Indigenous Australians.
Who is Paul Keating?
What rights did the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 give to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory?
This act recognised Indigenous ownership of land in the Northern Territory.
In 1964, this activist group was formed of students from the University of Sydney.
Who is SAFA (Student Action for Aborigines)?
The person that said this: "We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases and the alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers. We practised discrimination and exclusion. It was our ignorance and our prejudice. And our failure to imagine that these things could be done to us."
Who is Paul Keating?