History - Indigenous Australian Rights

Question 1

When was the Day of Mourning and what event did it mark?

Answer 1

• 26th Jan 1938

- 150th anniversary of white settlement in Australia

Question 2

Who were the main two men who organised the peaceful Indigenous protest?

Answer 2

• Jack Patten

- William Cooper

Question 3

What was the protest asking for?

Answer 3

-10 point plan: equality, citizenship, education, health services

Question 4

Why did the Stolen Generation occur?

Answer 4

• Australian government thought it was the best way to assimilate Indigenous
• ‘custody, maintenance, education’
• make the children live like white Australians

Question 5

What was the purposes of reserves?

Answer 5

-isolate and kill out all the full-blooded Indigenous Australians

Question 6

How did Albert Namatjira stayt connected with his family?

Answer 6

-bought them things with his earnings as a painter

Question 7

What year did Albert Namatjira become an Australian citizen and why?

Answer 7

• 1957
• was not listed as a ward of state
• due to fame
• could vote, own a car and land

Question 8

What caused Albert Namatjira to be put in jail?

Answer 8

• supplied alcohol to a ward of that state a a family party (illegal)
• a fight broke out (alcohol related) and a young woman died
• charged and put in jail for 3 months

Question 9

Why is Albert Namatjira’s story important?

Answer 9

• treatment after the party was not fair - it wasn’t his fault that the man got out of hand and killed someone
• illustrates the fact of white laws and unfairness of treatment to Indigenous was unfair

Question 10

Charles Perkins

Answer 10

• first male Indigenous to go to university

- wanted to prove that Indigenous were capable

Question 11

What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides and when did they occur? (Australia)

Answer 11

• 1965
• looking for examples of racism and inequality in Australia and bring this to the nations’ attention
• help Aboriginals realise their potential

Question 12

What did the Freedom Riders experience in Moree, Bowraville and the reserves?

Answer 12

• Moree - Indigenous not allowed to use swimming pool
• Bowraville - partitioned cinemas (segregation)
• reserves - muddy, shacks for houses, unhygienic, poverty

Question 13

What happened to the Freedom Riders on their journey?

Answer 13

• women were spat on by white women
• Charles Perkins got king hit in the back of the head, threatened, egged
• farmer drove them off the road