Civil Rights AUS Flashcards
The Wave Hill Walk Off
1966 it was initially from a refusal to pay the Gurindji farm workers $25 a week
The walk off was a protest that highlighted the discrimination that existed in Australian society.
The land was originally theirs
What prime minister gave the land to its indigenous inhabitants
Gough Whitlam 1975
What were the Australian Freedom riders
The freedom riders were led by a man called Charles Perkins, he took a bus into parts of NSW were racist attitudes were most prominent.
The students that were part of the freedom riders were mostly non aboriginal and had been involved in protests
They got attacked from locals
The 1967 referendum
Australians voted in favour of changes to the Australian Constitution to improve the services available to Indigenous Australians. This helped reduce discrimination against Aborigines.
