Aboriginal Protest to Assimilation in Australia

By Rexm
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    Pilburra Stikes

    Three-year Aboriginal pastoral workers' strike for better pay

  • Aboriginal Strike in Darwin

  • Yirrkala and Mapoon protests

    Yirrkala people complain to government after their land is given to a mining company. Their `bark petition' marks the beginning of the land rights movement. Mapoon Aborigines refuse to leave their land after their mission is closed for mining.

  • Walgett and Moree Protests

    `Freedom Riders' led by Charles Perkins draw attention to discrimination in NSW country towns, e.g. Aboriginal children allowed to swim in Moree Council pool only during school sport.

  • Wave Hill Station Protest

    Gurindji people go on strike and leave the station in protest at their living conditions and poor pay.