rights and freedoms Flashcards
declaration of human rights
- an ideology which was inspirational and optimistic, not a law/treaty as it wasn’t legally binding
- passed by the UN in 1948
what does the declaration mean
was the centre for moral struggle for global rights
what rights does the declaration protect
individual, civil, religious and political, social, economic, cultural rights
policy of protection
to separate Indigenous people from mainstream white society and regulating them by government-appointed authorities
- idea that they could not protect themselves
- sometimes made to do cheap labour, exploited
aboriginal people in the constitution
excluded from the commonwealth and census
- at the time: denied citizenship rights, didn’t want a mixed descent population
restricted rights and freedoms - part 1
- ate unhealthy rations, no healthcare due to segregation and denied treatment
- education: only up to yr 3, segregation in school, males sent to farms and females sent to domestic services
- work: often unpaid, or paid really little, only basic food and clothing provided in the pastoral industry
restricted rights and freedoms - part 2
- control over money: held in trusts which didn’t exist, not allowed property
- no wife unless government says ok :(
- children with any indication of ‘white blood’ were taken and raised as ‘white’, idea of absorption into white society
restricted rights and freedoms - part 3
- freedom of movement: special permission to move outside australia, and not much freedom in australia either
- access to justice: same laws, but stricter, easily arrested/treated badly in court and juries, harsh punishments for minimal crime
purpose of the Day of Mourning
Aboriginal communities addressing discrimination, protesting against government laws
- demanded equal opportunities
- citizenship rights
- return of stolen land
- abolition of Aboriginal Protection Board
- end of the stolen generation
policy of assimilation
an attempt to absorb aboriginal people into mainstream australian white culture
when did assimilation begin
1950s: ‘mixed blood’ aborigines expected to live like white australians
why was assimilation hard
white australians were discriminatory, racism was encountered everywhere, often denied access to housing and health insurance
when did assimilation change
1965, where they were not expected to abandon their tradition + culture, but to live like others instead
- assimilation –> integration
whitlam government + integration
1972: changed integration into self-detemination, aboriginal people had full control over their lived, became citizens
what were the stolen generations
in the 1970s, children were stolen from aboriginal families, and these children were known as the stolen generation
