Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Struggle:

Question 1

Purpose and significance of early twentieth-century Aboriginal activism, including the 1938 Day of Mourning protest?

Answer 1

Purpose: Highlight mistreatment and demand rights.

Significance: First big protest for Indigenous rights

Question 2

What rights and freedoms were denied to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples before 1965, and what was the role of the Aboriginal Protection Board?

Answer 2

Denied Rights: Land, vote, wage control, movement, culture.

Aboriginal Protection Board: Controlled Indigenous lives, reserves, wages, child removal.

Question 3

What were the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were forcibly removed from their families (Stolen Generations)?

Answer 3

Trauma, lost culture, family separation, abuse.

Question 4

What were the effects of the assimilation policy on the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?

Answer 4

Lost culture, family disruption, trauma, marginalization.