Australian Civil Rights Movement

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

• The Indigenous Procreation Initiative 1916

• The Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915

• The Aboriginal Protection Act 1914

• The Aboriginal Prosperity Initiative 1913

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

• To protect British settlers from Aboriginal violence

• To deny Aboriginal people the rights and freedoms of white Australians

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

• The Federal Government had not been formed yet and the states wanted total control

What is the term for the following definition: The process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Primogeniture

• Heredity

What happened to Indigenous people on reserves and missions?

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

• They were injected with smallpox

• They were taught to speak English and how to fight

• They were taught to reject their European ways of life

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

• It was thought that these children could be absorbed into the wider black population

• It was believed that their parents were not fit to look after them

• It was thought that these children could be better used as servants

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

What does the term 'terra nullius' mean?

• Conquered land belonging to an empire

• Land disputed by neighbouring countries

• Land belonging to no one

• Land owned and managed by traditional inhabitants

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

• Declaration of Independence

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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

• The United Nations

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• The World Health Organisation

• The Organisation of American States

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

Which of the following could Australia's Indigenous population NOT do without permission before the referendum?

• Vote

• Marry who they wanted

• Parent their children

• All of the above