The demand for justice and equality by Australia's Indigenous people has been a long hard struggle. The digital story focuses
on the Freedom Rides and the 1967 Referendum but there have been many more protest movements for this cause. You may like
to research some of the following, considering the methods used to bring about change.
1963 –The Bark petition by the Yolgnu people
1996 – The Wave Hill strike by the Gurindji people, led by Vincent Lingiari.
1971 – Harold Thomas created the Aboriginal flag which has been used as symbol of Aboriginal resistance to white authority
1972 – The Tent Embassy was constructed on the lawn of Parliament House
1988 – March for justice, freedom and hope in Sydney on 26th January
1992 – The Mabo decision
1996 – The Wik decision
1998 – Blockade at Jabiluka mine, in support of the Mirrar people
2000 – The Reconciliation walk, across the Harbour Bridge.
