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human rights

By Rosie
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    More visible during the war

    The awareness of the second-class status of Indigenous Australians became even more obvious to the general public as a result of World War II(1939-1945).Many Aborigines served in the armed forces and thousands moved into the towns to work in the wartime industries.Many white Australians felt that if Aboriginal could fight and die for their country they deserved a fair ago
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    Indigenous Australians take the initiative

    Freedom Riders demand equal treatment
    Gurindji people demand a better deal
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    Indigenous Australians take the initiative

    Gurindji people demand a better deal
    White voters demand a better deal for first Australians
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    Indigenous Australians take the initiative

    White voters demand a better deal for first Australians
    Aboriginal tent embassy set up in Canberra
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    Indigenous Australians take the initiative

    Aboriginal tent embassy set up in Canberra
    Land rights to be granted to first Australians
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    Indigenous Australians take the initiative

    Land rights to be granted to first Australians
    First Aboriginal Land Rights Act
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    Eddie mabo ends Terra nulius, Bring them home

    In the late 18th century Britain claimed the lands of Australia because they assumed nobody owned them.Some Torres Strait Islanders, led by Eddie Mabo ,challenged this. Their people had inhabited Murray Island for thousands of years and so were the rightful owners.In 1992 the High Court racist. So the1993 Native Title Act allowed Indigenous Australians to claim land rights.
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    Cathy Freemon

    Indigenous Australian leaders are gaining greater respect and the marches in 2000 showed that Australians of all races want the first people to get a better deal.Some are national heroes and there was great prude when Cathy Freeman lit the torch at the Sydney Olympics and won 400 meters.There are still many problems to solve but hope remains.
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    The Bulletin extract

    In May 2000 250 000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge ad to 400000 marched in Melbourne in December.Many marchers carried signs and banners critical of the Prime Minister's refusal to say 'Sorry' to indigenous Australians for past wrongs.