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Activity 1 Questions 2-6 page 284 2. Aboriginal Australians needed to be separated from the whites and had to be protected due to financial reasons so they could be closer to the land.  3. Aboriginal children were taken from their families because the whites wanted to eradicate their culture and breed out their race. 4. The policy of assimilation was to attempt to make the aboriginal people accept the white way of life and that aboriginals should be absorbed into white culture. 5. The policy of assimilation was based on the belief that the aboriginal culture was inferior to the white Australian culture. The policy of assimilation encouraged many aboriginal people to give up their traditional lifestyle and move to towns and cities and to seek a lifestyle that did not involve a protector or government official making decisions for them. 6. The policy of integration and self-determination was the official policy conducted in the early 1970's. This meant that aboriginals had full control over their choices and way of life (culture).

Questions 1-4 Page 286 1. The purpose of the day of mourning was to have the aboriginal voice heard among the white people of Australia. This was also used to bring to light the frightful conditions the native australians live in. 2. The changes the Aboriginals wanted were; full citizen rights, including old age pensions, maternity bonus, relief work for the unemployed, and a full Australian education for indigenous children. 3. The white Australia policy was the policy at the time which made the aboriginals feel like a special class. 4. Before WWII Aboriginals in Australia were mistreated evidently in the source as shown they were treated as a special class specifically the cattle had more rights the the native people. The Aboriginal woman often were raped by white men which resulted in the half cast child later which would have been taken away from the mother to a mission or to be bred out to eradicate almost all evidence of Aboriginal race or culture later known as the stolen generations. The Aboriginals who worked under white ownership often were not allowed a maternity bonus, pension or sick leave. This is a common form of mistreatment conducted by the whites.

150 word paragraph on Freedom Ride (what was it and why was it significant) During Perkins' years at university he wanted to expose the hardships faced by Aboriginals in country NSW. They were inspired by the work of Martin Luther King who led a non violent demonstration to gain equality for Black people in USA. Following his movement the concerned students from Sydney University (mainly white students) hired a bus in 1965 traveled through rural NSW and highlighted the discrimination caused in the area. Many Australian country towns believed that keeping the blacks separated from whites was applicable and made designated 'black' areas for the whites to have minimal contact with them these areas were usually on the outskirts of towns. The significance of the 1965 freedom ride was to expose and make awareness of the atrocities caused by whites towards Blacks in rural NSW.

Paragraph: Summarise the significance of the 1967 referendum. The 1967 referendum was a change in the Australian Constitution which gave Aboriginals the right to participate in the census as well as be governed by federal law not state law. This also resulted in the Aboriginals to be under Commonwealth law. The significance of the referendum was that it was the most substantial yes vote ever in a constitution, the aboriginal population had the exact same rights as white Australians and it brought Native Title and land rights to be a popular subject in parliament.

Timeline 1963: Bank petition 1966: Wave Hill Protest 1967: Referendum 1972: Tent Embassy 1972-74: Woodward Royal commission 1992: Mabo Decision 1996: Wiki Decision

Q1-2 page 303 1. The emotional impact of the whites taking aboriginal children away was devastating. The whites had tried to remove any trace of their past family e.g. Mothers; "I haven't got a black mother". This quote exclaims the awful predicament the aboriginal children were in as they almost had any trace of their past life destroyed. The children were told that they weren't aboriginal and the whites tried to eradicate their culture. They would give a number not a name so it could remind you of a prison camp.

2. Ronald Wilson believed that the aboriginals were an embarrassment of white Australia. His aim was to strip the children of their Aboriginality and accustom them to live in white Australia. As well as encouraging racism towards other aboriginals.

Activity 2 1. The cartoon is referring to the common prejudice act of not allowing aboriginals into public places such as public pools. 2. The cartoonist is trying to highlight the point that the aboriginals want to be with the whites although to do so would be to hide ones own race.

Activity 3 Charles Perkins Charles Perkins is best known for his involvement in the 1965 freedom ride, a bus tour around rural NSW to spread awareness for atrocities against aboriginals. He was also very important in the creation of the 1967 referendum and in 1981 was given the position of secretary of the department of Aboriginal affairs.

Neville Bonner Neville Bonner is best known as the first Aboriginal in Australian Parliament and was office from the 11 june 1971 and 4 February 1983. Also was named Australian of the year in 1979.

Oodgeroo Noonuccal Oodgeroo Noonuccal also known as Kath Walker was an Aboriginal Poet, activist, artist etc. She was a key figure in the 1967 referendum. Her first book we are going was published in 1964 and in 1988 adopted her aboriginal name as seen above.

Eddie Mabo Eddie Mabo was a torres strait islander who had his place in Australian History for campaigning for aboriginal land rights. In 1981 he presented a land rights conference at James Cook University in Townsville the same University he was enrolled in.

Vincent Lingiari Vincent Lingiari was an Aboriginal land rights activist who was a key figure in the wave hill protest of 1966.

Sound effort. Dates needed for the definitions and questions 1-4. 30/40