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Church Shelter
Period of time-1900s
People Involved-Aboriginals, White Authorities
Themes (Big Ideas involved) Erasing Culture
Message (Main message about rights). Although aboriginals were given a place to live in, these places had conditions. If the aboriginals expected to be accepted by the whites, they were to become Christian and they were asked not to follow or be part any aboriginal culture. -
Anthony Martin Fernando
Period of time- 1920
People Involved-Anthony Martin Fernando
Themes (Big Ideas involved)- Campaigning
Message (Main message about rights)-He showed that the whites were killing aboriginals or because of the strict laws for the aboriginals and the lack of rights for aboriginals is making it hard to survive. -
The Australian Aborigines League
Period of time-1937
People Involved-Bill Onus, William Cooper, Doug Nicholls
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-
Message (Main message about rights)-They were helping aboriginals protest about the lack of rights or they were representing aboriginal communities professionally so even the little communities are being heard by the whole country. -
The Day of Mourning
Period of time-1938
People Involved-Aboriginals
Themes (Big Ideas involved-Freedom
Message (Main message about rights)- it was a day of celebration but at the same time a day to protest against the 150 years of callous treatment and for their proper rights. -
Albert Namatjira
Period of time- 1957
People Involved- Albert Namatjira
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Freedom
Message (Main message about rights)- He was one of the only six people that were exempted of some of the restrictions. -
Human Rights For Australian Aborigines
Period of time- 1957
People Involved -Mary Bennet
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Aboriginal Rights
Message (Main message about rights)- In this book Mary Bennet wrote about the sort of suffering aboriginals has gone through, especially giving her perspectives about the children being stolen from aboriginal communities. -
Dog Tag
People Involved- Art Work-Sally Morgan
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Civil Rights, Wiping off Aboriginal culture.
Message (Main message about rights)- with this certificate aboriginals were granted some of the civil rights whites had, but this certificate was to be carried out everywhere and they were asked to leave their communities. -
Petition
Period of time-1963
People Involved- People of Yirrkala
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-recognition, freedom, Human Rights
Message (Main message about rights)- People of Yirrkala presented a petition against the mining prospect, and this was the first time aboriginal documents were recognised by parliament. -
Wave Hill Station Spur
Period of time-1966
People Involved- Sabu Sing, The workers at Wave Hill Station
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Land Right, Civil Rights
Message (Main message about rights)-The workers walked off their jobs because they were fed up with the extra hard work, especially with a little salary. -
Faith Bandler's Gloves
Period of time- 1967
People Involved-Faith Bandler
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Campaigning
Message (Main message about rights)-She was a prominent campaigner for indigenous rights, and she wore these gloves as this represented the formal dress code that was quite common amongst the middle class white women. -
Claw Bale Hook
Period of time-1967
People Involved-Joe McGinness
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Campaigning, Fight for Rights
Message (Main message about rights)- He was an activist who travelled around Australia helping indigenous communities protest and campaign against injustice. He was also a part of the 1967 referendum. -
Referendum
Period of time- 1967
People Involved-Australian Aboriginals, and most of the Australia’s people
Themes (Big Ideas involved)- A voice of their own.
Message (Main message about rights)- This referendum determined that the Aboriginals will be counted in the census. This represented their existence to the rest of the world, because if they did not count them it is basically implying that the aboriginals are worthless. -
Segregating Seats
Period of time-1969
People Involved-Charles Perkin’s son; Adam, White Australians, and Aboriginal Australia
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Segregation
Message (Main message about rights)- These seats were used in the Ray-Mond Theatre and arranged the seatings to separate aboriginals from Whites. But after being suspended for 40 years they were re-used in the performance for From Little Things Big Things Grow, and they held an opening ceremony to cleanse the unhappy past. There the son of Charles Pe -
Doug Nicholls
Period of time-1976
People Involved-Doug Nicholls
Themes (Big Ideas involved)-Speaking out for his people
Message (Main message about rights)- He was a famous football player, and he was well known amongst the white communities. He used his fame to speak out for his people and to represent his people as a public figure to speak against injustice and unfairness. -
Commemorating Landmark
Period of time-1988
People Involved- Indigenous People
Themes (Big Ideas involved)- Giving back to the people.
Message (Main message about rights)- The lands of Gurindji were returned to the people after the petition and the strike by the people working at wave hill station.
