The Civil Rights Movement & Indigenous Rights

The 1967 referendum in Australia aimed to change the Australian Constitution to include:

• Voting rights for women

• Indigenous people in the national census

• Free education for all citizens

The Australian Freedom Rides were a series of protests against:

• Discrimination and segregation towards Indigenous Australians

• Government censorship

• Environmental pollution

The Australian Freedom Rides took place in which year?

(a)  

The Mabo decision overturned the legal principle of:

• adverse possession

• freehold ownership

• eminent domain

• terra nullius

In order to change the constitution you need to hold a ...?

(a)  

How did the 1967 referendum affect the power of the Australian federal government?

Answer explanation

Think about what it enabled the Federal Government to do re ATSI people?

What was the name of the African-American woman who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Sojourner Truth

• Maya Angelou

The Stolen Generation were 'half caste' ATSI children...

• Agree

• Disagree

The Freedom Rides in Australia were led by...?

• Charles Perkins

• Martin Luther King Jnr

• Eddie Mabo

• Ruby Bridges

The Mabo decision acknowledged that indigenous peoples have a continuing connection to the land based on their...?

• cultural heritage & spiritual beliefs

• economic contributions to society

• political influence

• military service