Rights and Freedoms (lifeskills)

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

• They were taught to reject their Aboriginality and had to convert to Christianity

• They were injected with smallpox

• They were injected with smallpox

Why did the government take mixed race Aboriginal children from their families?

• Government thought their parents could not look after them

• Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider white population.

What does civil rights mean?

• The rights of Aboriginal people for social and political rights

• The rights of citizens for social and political rights

• The rights of citizens for social and cultural rights

When was the Day of Mourning Protest?

• 26 January, 1967

• 26 January, 1938

What was the Stolen Generation?

• The process where Aboriginal children were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies.

• The process where Aboriginal children were removed from their families by other Aboriginal families

The term terra nullius means

• land disputed by neighbouring countries

• land belonging to no one

• land owned and managed by traditional inhabitants

Who was the leader responsible for developing the Australian Freedom Ride campaign?

• Cathy Freeman

• Charles Perkins

In which NSW town were the Freedom Riders subjected to mob violence after trying to gain entry to the local swimming baths for Aboriginal children?

• Kempsey

• Moree

• Brisbane

• Coffs Harbour

The riots and protests that have recently occurred in America have been based on

Eddie Mabo was from the island of _____