Indigenous Civil Rights Movement

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What is the Stolen Generation?

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A generation of Indigenous Australians that were taken and raised by white people

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What year did the Stolen Generation begin in Australia?

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Trick question - the Stolen Generation was the result of various policies put forward by various governments at different times. There is no one, single date.

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What was the actual policy name of the Stolen Generation that was given in Victoria? Options: The Aboriginal Reconciliation Bill, The Aboriginal Protection Act, The Indigenous Procreation Initiative, The Aboriginal Prosperity Initiative

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The Aboriginal Protection Act

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Why did the Australian State Governments want to enact the Aboriginal 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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Term for giving up your own minority culture and adopting the culture of the majority.

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Assimilation

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What happened to Aboriginal 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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Government thought these children 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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The Day of Mourning 1938 was important because...

• It showed white people that the Indigenous People were a force to be reckoned with.
• It marked the beginning of the civil rights movement
• It was the first official protest

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It marked the beginning of the civil rights movement and it was the first official protest.

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In 1948, which document was created to explain what rights were given to all humans? Options: Declaration of Independence, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights