Aboriginal Rights and Freedoms

7. the 1967 national vote that allowed the federal government to make laws for Aboriginal people and include them in the census
8. a system where governments made decisions for Aboriginal people based on the belief they could not manage their own affairs
10. discrimination or prejudice against people based on race, historically experienced by Aboriginal Australians
11. the process of building respectful relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians
14. Generations, Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families by government policies
15. Hill, the 1966 Gurindji strike protesting poor conditions and leading to the land rights movement
16. decision, the 1992 High Court ruling recognising native title and overturning terra nullius, led by Eddie Mabo

1. Perkins, Aboriginal activist and leader of the Freedom Rides who campaigned for civil rights
2. early government policies that controlled and restricted the lives of Aboriginal people under the claim of “protecting” them
3. rights, basic rights and freedoms that belong to all people, including equality, dignity, and freedom
4. rights, the rights of individuals to equal treatment and freedom from discrimination, including for Aboriginal Australians
5. a policy allowing Aboriginal people to participate in wider society while still maintaining some aspects of their culture
6. a government policy aiming to absorb Aboriginal peoples into white Australian society by encouraging them to abandon their culture and identity
9. Mabo, Torres Strait Islander activist whose legal challenge led to recognition of native title in Australia
12. Rides, a 1965 protest led by Charles Perkins exposing racial discrimination in regional Australia
13. rights, the recognition of Aboriginal peoples’ traditional ownership of land
14. determination, the right of Aboriginal peoples to make decisions about their own lives, communities, and futures