Australian Civil Rights Movement

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What policy gave the Aboriginal Protection Board the right to remove Aboriginal children from their families?

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The Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915

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Why did the State Governments want to enact the Aborigines Protection Act?

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To 'breed out' the black colour of the Indigenous Peoples and eradicate the Aboriginal 'race'

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The process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.

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Assimilation

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What happened to Indigenous people on reserves and missions?

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They were taught to reject their Aboriginality and had to convert to Christianity

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Why did the Government take mixed race Aboriginal children from their families?

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It was believed that they could be absorbed into the wider white population

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terra nullius

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Land belonging to no one

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In 1948, which document was created to explain the rights and freedoms of all peoples?

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Which international peacekeeping organisation created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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The United Nations

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A __________ is a general vote by the electorate on a single political question to make changes to the Australian Constitution.

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referendum

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What could Australia's Indigenous population NOT do without permission before the referendum?

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All of the above