Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rights and Freedoms

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Across
  1. 2. The right granted in 1962 allowing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to enrol and vote in federal elections
  2. 5. A female Aboriginal rights activist who campaigned for equality and helped lead the movement for the 1967 referendum
  3. 6. A 1965 protest led by Charles Perkins highlighting racial discrimination in regional Australia
  4. 7. A 1967 national vote where Australians agreed to change the Constitution to include Aboriginal people in the census and allow federal laws for them
  5. 9. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families between the late 1800s and 1970s
  6. 11. Chief Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia from 1915-1940
Down
  1. 1. Early government policy that controlled where Aboriginal people lived, worked, and travelled
  2. 3. A legal concept meaning land belonging to no one, used to justify British colonisation of Australia
  3. 4. An Aboriginal activist who organised the 1965 Freedom Ride to expose racial discrimination in regional Australia
  4. 8. Unfair treatment of individuals or groups based on characteristics such as race
  5. 10. A government policy aimed at absorbing Aboriginal people into white Australian society by removing their culture and identity