The Sydney Morning Herald - Commemorative Issue of Aboriginal Rights - Find how much you really know about the treatment of Aboriginals. This commemorative issue includes information on, the day of Mourning, the progress of the Assimilation Policy, the Freedom Rides, the Wave Hill Strike, the 1967 referendum, land claims by the Gurindji and Yirrakala tribes and the Tent Embassy Protest. The 1938 Australia Day, the nation celebrated 150 years of white settlement. On this day Aboriginal people …
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…as protests to stop the discrimination against the Aboriginal people. Though still some of those acts weren't always fair. The Freedom Rides was a big eye opener and this year's, Tent Embassy, along with the 1967 referendum, showed the amount of support people had for the rights of Aboriginals. Bibliography www.abc.com http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/themes/theme6.htm#p_10 http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/images/history/1970s/emb72/p2.html Sheets