Aboriginal Rights and Freedoms

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Across
  1. 4. Aboriginal man who led the Freedom Rides in 1965
  2. 11. black for people, red for earth, yellow for sun
  3. 14. this was officially placed into Australian law following the Mabo decision
  4. 15. no man's land
  5. 16. became the first prime minister to visit Mabo's gravesite
  6. 17. specific locations Aborigines were sent to live during Protectionism era
  7. 19. this occurred on 150th anniversary of white man's seizure of Australia
  8. 21. Many Aborigines were controlled by these Christians
  9. 22. synonym for Aboriginal
  10. 25. Eddie Mabo fought land rights for this island
  11. 26. one-quarter black by descent
  12. 27. this act was passed in 1975
  13. 28. children who were forcibly removed from their families
  14. 30. 'breed them white' policy
  15. 32. which govt removed the White-Australia policy?
Down
  1. 1. Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
  2. 2. 1997 inquiry into the forcible removal of native children
  3. 3. '10-point plan' law enacted in response to this from 1996
  4. 5. the organisation behind Freedom Riders in Australia
  5. 6. Mabo vs Queensland was fought where?
  6. 7. famous Aboriginal painter
  7. 8. long history of colonization and discrimination resulted in this for the indigenous
  8. 9. policy whereby Aborigines choose to live how they wish
  9. 10. the state of setting someone/something apart from others
  10. 12. US black rights group set established in 1966
  11. 13. which Govt called for the 1967 Referendum
  12. 18. policy where there is recognition of indigenous heritage
  13. 20. this band played several songs about Aboriginal causes
  14. 23. Belief that Aborigines couldn't look after themselves
  15. 24. this royal commission was established to investigate how to recognise Aboriginal land rights
  16. 29. traditional landowners at the Wave Hill station strike in 1966
  17. 31. this NT group from Yirrkala sent the Govt a petition written on bark in 1963