H - Aboriginal Rights Flashcards
What year did Captain Cook claim Australia?
1770
What day did the first fleet arrive?
26th Jan 1788
When were the first aboriginal political organisations formed?
1920s
What did the AAPA stand for?
Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association
Who was the AAPA formed by?
Fred Maynard
Where and When was the AAPA formed?
NSW 1924
Who was Fred Maynard inspired by?
Black US activists
What did the AAPA want?
Aboriginals land rights and to stop aboriginal children from being taken
What year did the AAPA disband?
1927
What year was the APA formed?
1937
What did the APA organise?
Street rallies, publicised meetings, letter writing campaigns and petitions
Where was the APA formed?
NSW
What did the APA want?
full citizen rights, representation in parliament and the removal of the Aborigines Protection Board.
When was the APA’s silent protest?
26th Jan 1938
Where was the APA’s silent protest?
150th Australia Day Anniversary Parade
What did APA stand for?
Aborigines Progressive Association
What happened after the day of morning protest?
20 Indigenous people giving the prime minister a 10 point plan for equality
When did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people gain the right to vote in federal elections?
1962
When was Charles Perkins born?
1936
Where was Charles Perkins born?
Aboriginal Reserve
Who was Charles Perkins inspired by?
US freedom rides
What did Charles Perkins organise?
A freedom ride
What day was Charles Perkins Freedom Ride?
12th Feb 1965
Who participated in the freedom ride?
30 white students
Where did the freedom ride tour?
outback NSW
What was the freedom ride supposed to be?
study tour of race relations
What did the freedom ride see?
poverty, unsanitary living conditions and racial discrimination
What did the Freedom Riders experience while on their journey?
attacks from locals
When was racial segregation being challenged overseas?
1960s
When was the Commonwealth Electoral Act amended to allow Indigenous people to enrol to vote?
March 1962
What year did it become compulsory for Indigenous people to vote?
1971
What day was the referendum held?
27th May 1967
What were the referendum questions?
should Indigenous people be counted in the census and should Indigenous people be moved under the commonwealth.
How many votes in favour did the referendum receive?
90.7%
What did 1800s land rights require as evidence to give land rights.
fencing, farming or settlement
When did the land rights movement begin?
1963
Who began the land rights movement?
Yolngu people of Yirrkala
What did the Yolngu people send to federal parliament?
a bark petition signed by 17 aboriginal leaders
What did the bark petition say?
protested against mining on their traditional land
When did the Yolngu people challenge the Northern Territory Supreme Court?
1968
What did Prime Minister McMahon claim that Indigenous land rights would do in 1972?
threaten the tenure of every Australia
What made Aboriginal Activists put a beach umbrella on parliament house lawn?
Prime Minister McMahon’s speech
When did aboriginal activists put a beach umbrella on parliament house lawn?
1972
Where did aboriginal activists put the beach umbrella?
parliament house lawn
What did the sign say on the beach umbrella?
Aboriginal Embassy
What was the effect of the beach umbrella?
lots of tents and activists on parliament ground
What did the tent embassy activists want?
Aboriginal land rights
Who owned the Wave Hill cattle station?
Lord Vestey
How long was the Wave Hill walk out strike?
8 years
What was the first successful land rights case in Australia?
Wave Hill walk out
Where was the Wave Hill cattle station built?
Gurindji land
Why did the Indigenous workers strike?
low pay, bad working conditions, racist treatment and poor living conditions
When were the previous Gurindji strikes?
1949, 1952 and 1955
What day was the Wave Hill walk out?
23 August 1966
How many Indigenous stockman, domestic servants and their families walked out?
200
Who led the Gurindji strike?
Vincent Lingiari
Who was Vincent Lingiari?
Gurindji elder
Where did the strike group move?
Wattie Creek and Daguragu
What did Lord Vestey do when he heard about the strike?
send an anti slavery society member to asses the situation
What did Vestey offer the Gurindji people?
half his area
Why was Vestey’s offer declined by the government?
Indigenous land rights weren’t recognised
What did the government offer the Gurindji people instead of their land back?
higher pay and new houses
What did the Gurindji strike participants want?
ownership of their traditional land
What arose in 1966-1967 because of the Wave Hill strike?
strikes across NT
What day did Prime Minister Gough Whitlam return Gurindji traditional land?
16 August 1975
What year did a group of Indigenous Mer Islanders challenge the government to return ownership of Mer Island to its islanders?
1982
Who was the Mer Island group led by?
Eddie Koiki Mabo
Did the Queensland Supreme Court rule for or against the Meriam Islanders?
Against
What year did the Meriam islanders appeal to the Australian High Court?
1992
What day did the Australian High Court approve Torres Strait Islander native title?
3 June 1992
What day did the Australian High Court approve Torres Strait Islander native title?
3 June 1992
What was the High Court native title decision called?
Mabo decision
When and where was Eddie Mabo born?
1936 Mer Island
