Title Aborigines & activism : race, Aborigines & the coming of the sixties to Australia / Jennifer Clark

Published Crawley, W.A. : UWA Press, 2008

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Description vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents The place of race in the 60s phenomenon--Sharpeville and the challenge to domestic jurisdiction--Aborigines and the Department of External Affairs--Aborigines and organisation--Facing the 'wind of change' at Yirrkala in 1963--Race and the 'revival of politics' in the universities--Students and the freedom ride--The 1967 referendum--Coming together in Canberra Summary Through rigorous research, the author shows how supporters of indigenous Australians and their struggles for equality pushed Australia into the 60s - literally and figuratively Analysis Australian Aboriginal studies Civil & human rights (Australia) Civil & human rights (Australia) Australian Aboriginal studies Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 293-298 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights. Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government. Freedom Ride, N.S.W., 1965 Political activists -- Australia -- History. Student movements -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1945-1965 Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1965-1972 Australia -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 LC no. 2008428046 ISBN 9780980296570 (paperback)

Other Titles Aborigines and activism

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