Rights and Freedoms

Which term best describes the policy of giving people control of their own lives?

• Self-determination

• Reconciliation

• Assimilation

• Integration

What did governments want to achieve through policies of protection?

• To help Indigenous people achieve recognition of their land rights

• To help Indigenous people gain citizenship

• To control all aspects of Indigenous people’s lives

• To encourage all states to give Indigenous people the vote

What was the goal of the Wave Hill Walk Off?

• Demonstration against the government’s assimilation policy

• Demand for citizenship

• Demand for fair pay and land rights

• Demonstration against the government’s integration policy

Which of the following is correct with regard to the Tent Embassy?

• It was established by Prime Minister William McMahon

• It publicised the Australian Government’s policies towards Indigenous people

• It existed for only six months

• The government and the police supported it

Terra Nullius means?

• land belonging to no one

• land of no value

• native title

• land without culture

What happened in May 1967?

• The first Aboriginal person was voted into parliament.

• For the first time Aboriginal people were included in the census.

• Aboriginal people were granted citizenship.

• Aboriginal people could vote for the first time.

• Indigenous peoples got equal rights.

In what year did Aboriginal people receive the right to vote in federal elections?

• 1902

• 1962

• 1972

• 1967

Before the 1967 referendum, which level of government was responsible for Aboriginal people?

• Local

• State

• Federal

Which government policy expected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to live the same lives as non-Indigenous Australians?

• Protection

• Integration

• Assimilation

• Self determination

Which case overturned the doctrine of terra nullius?

• Wik

• Wave Hill

• Tent Embassy

• Mabo