Year 9 Aust. History - Indigenous Resistance Quiz

What was the date of the Day of Mourning which say Aboriginal activist groups come together and protest for civil rights in Australia?

• 26th of January, 1938

• 1st of January, 1901

• 13th of July, 1956

• 4th of March, 1957

What was the title of the Report written following the Warburton Ranges Controversy?

• The Native Welfare Report

• The Report of the Select Committee

• The Aboriginal Living Conditions Report

• The Aboriginal Advancement Report

What was the Commonwealth Government doing in the Warburton Ranges area which led to Indigenous peoples getting sick?

• Creating assimilationist policies

• Putting them in reserves

• Farming Experiments

• Nuclear Testing

What is the name of the Labor politician who presented the Petition to advocate for a Referendum in April 1957?

• Les Haylen

• Robert Menzies

• Arthur Fadden

• John McEwen

In what year and from which University were the Freedom Rides associated with?

• 1971 & The University of South Australia

• 1958 & The University of Melbourne

• 1965 & The University of Sydney

• 1969 & The University of New South Wales

Which one of these suburbs is NOT associated with being a part of the route taken by the Freedom Rides?

• Walgett

• Kempsey

• Moree

• Adelaide

Who were the diary entries written by as part of your homework task for last lesson?

• Ann Curthoy

• J.T. Patton

• Richard Wellington

• Audrey Moree

The Freedom Rides wanted to draw public attention to what?

• The poor state of Aboriginal health

• The poor state of Aboriginal education

• The poor state of Aboriginal housing

• All of the above

In what year was a conference held in Adelaide by Aboriginal groups and civil rights supports to discuss the radical idea to form a federal council (FCAA)?

• 1956

• 1958

• 1961

• 1966

What civic rights organisation was created following the Warburton Ranges Controversy in 1957?

• The Victorian Aborigines Advancement League

• The Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement

• The Students Action for Aborigines Council

• The Freedom Riders Council