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H - Aboriginal Rights Flashcards

1
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What year did Captain Cook claim Australia?

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1770

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2
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What day did the first fleet arrive?

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26th Jan 1788

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3
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When were the first aboriginal political organisations formed?

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1920s

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4
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What did the AAPA stand for?

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Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association

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5
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Who was the AAPA formed by?

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Fred Maynard

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6
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Where and When was the AAPA formed?

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NSW 1924

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7
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Who was Fred Maynard inspired by?

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Black US activists

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8
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What did the AAPA want?

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Aboriginals land rights and to stop aboriginal children from being taken

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9
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What year did the AAPA disband?

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1927

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10
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What year was the APA formed?

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1937

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11
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What did the APA organise?

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Street rallies, publicised meetings, letter writing campaigns and petitions

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12
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Where was the APA formed?

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NSW

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13
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What did the APA want?

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full citizen rights, representation in parliament and the removal of the Aborigines Protection Board.

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14
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When was the APA’s silent protest?

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26th Jan 1938

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15
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Where was the APA’s silent protest?

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150th Australia Day Anniversary Parade

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16
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What did APA stand for?

A

Aborigines Progressive Association

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17
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What happened after the day of morning protest?

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20 Indigenous people giving the prime minister a 10 point plan for equality

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18
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When did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people gain the right to vote in federal elections?

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1962

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19
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When was Charles Perkins born?

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1936

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20
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Where was Charles Perkins born?

A

Aboriginal Reserve

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21
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Who was Charles Perkins inspired by?

A

US freedom rides

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22
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What did Charles Perkins organise?

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A freedom ride

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23
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What day was Charles Perkins Freedom Ride?

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12th Feb 1965

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24
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Who participated in the freedom ride?

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30 white students

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25
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Where did the freedom ride tour?

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outback NSW

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26
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What was the freedom ride supposed to be?

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study tour of race relations

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27
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What did the freedom ride see?

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poverty, unsanitary living conditions and racial discrimination

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28
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What did the Freedom Riders experience while on their journey?

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attacks from locals

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29
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When was racial segregation being challenged overseas?

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1960s

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30
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When was the Commonwealth Electoral Act amended to allow Indigenous people to enrol to vote?

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March 1962

31
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What year did it become compulsory for Indigenous people to vote?

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1971

32
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What day was the referendum held?

A

27th May 1967

33
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What were the referendum questions?

A

should Indigenous people be counted in the census and should Indigenous people be moved under the commonwealth.

34
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How many votes in favour did the referendum receive?

A

90.7%

35
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What did 1800s land rights require as evidence to give land rights.

A

fencing, farming or settlement

36
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When did the land rights movement begin?

A

1963

37
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Who began the land rights movement?

A

Yolngu people of Yirrkala

38
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What did the Yolngu people send to federal parliament?

A

a bark petition signed by 17 aboriginal leaders

39
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What did the bark petition say?

A

protested against mining on their traditional land

40
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When did the Yolngu people challenge the Northern Territory Supreme Court?

A

1968

41
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What did Prime Minister McMahon claim that Indigenous land rights would do in 1972?

A

threaten the tenure of every Australia

42
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What made Aboriginal Activists put a beach umbrella on parliament house lawn?

A

Prime Minister McMahon’s speech

43
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When did aboriginal activists put a beach umbrella on parliament house lawn?

A

1972

44
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Where did aboriginal activists put the beach umbrella?

A

parliament house lawn

45
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What did the sign say on the beach umbrella?

A

Aboriginal Embassy

46
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What was the effect of the beach umbrella?

A

lots of tents and activists on parliament ground

47
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What did the tent embassy activists want?

A

Aboriginal land rights

48
Q

Who owned the Wave Hill cattle station?

A

Lord Vestey

49
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How long was the Wave Hill walk out strike?

A

8 years

50
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What was the first successful land rights case in Australia?

A

Wave Hill walk out

51
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Where was the Wave Hill cattle station built?

A

Gurindji land

52
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Why did the Indigenous workers strike?

A

low pay, bad working conditions, racist treatment and poor living conditions

53
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When were the previous Gurindji strikes?

A

1949, 1952 and 1955

54
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What day was the Wave Hill walk out?

A

23 August 1966

55
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How many Indigenous stockman, domestic servants and their families walked out?

A

200

56
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Who led the Gurindji strike?

A

Vincent Lingiari

57
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Who was Vincent Lingiari?

A

Gurindji elder

58
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Where did the strike group move?

A

Wattie Creek and Daguragu

59
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What did Lord Vestey do when he heard about the strike?

A

send an anti slavery society member to asses the situation

60
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What did Vestey offer the Gurindji people?

A

half his area

61
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Why was Vestey’s offer declined by the government?

A

Indigenous land rights weren’t recognised

62
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What did the government offer the Gurindji people instead of their land back?

A

higher pay and new houses

63
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What did the Gurindji strike participants want?

A

ownership of their traditional land

64
Q

What arose in 1966-1967 because of the Wave Hill strike?

A

strikes across NT

65
Q

What day did Prime Minister Gough Whitlam return Gurindji traditional land?

A

16 August 1975

66
Q

What year did a group of Indigenous Mer Islanders challenge the government to return ownership of Mer Island to its islanders?

A

1982

67
Q

Who was the Mer Island group led by?

A

Eddie Koiki Mabo

68
Q

Did the Queensland Supreme Court rule for or against the Meriam Islanders?

A

Against

69
Q

What year did the Meriam islanders appeal to the Australian High Court?

A

1992

70
Q

What day did the Australian High Court approve Torres Strait Islander native title?

A

3 June 1992

71
Q

What day did the Australian High Court approve Torres Strait Islander native title?

A

3 June 1992

72
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What was the High Court native title decision called?

A

Mabo decision

73
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When and where was Eddie Mabo born?

A

1936 Mer Island

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