Rights And Freedoms Have Changed A Lot Since 1901 For Aboriginal People
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Rights And Freedoms Have Changed A Lot Since 1901 For Aboriginal People
The rights and freedoms have changed a lot since 1901 for Aboriginal people. Back in 1901 the Aboriginals were treated as second class citizens with no right to vote. People were interned into missions where they were brought up with white ideals. The was also policy called White Australia which was an ideology that wanted to keep Australia racially white and culturally British. Under White Australia, Aboriginal people were systematically confined and oppressed. They had restricted movements and separated from the rest of society; there were polices developed to limit their reproduction and to destroy their culture. There was also a decision to keep them out of the population count.
During the period of WW1, the Federal and State Governments were operating a policy of protecting' Aboriginal peoples. Under this the governments controlled the affairs of how they could live, how to raise a family and as they were treated as 2nd class citizens they couldn't vote.
During the 1920s to the 1960's, around 100 000 Aboriginal children were taken from their families as part of the White Australia ideology. Those children where later called the stolen generation'.
In the 1930's there were a number of Aboriginal activists became more prominent in society, their actions culminated in the Day of Mourning in 1938, this day was the opposite to the white Australians' celebration of 150yrs of European settlement in Australia. This became a key event in Aboriginal struggle for recognition and rose awareness of the injustices to Aboriginal peoples.
By the 1960's The Federal and State Governments continued aspects of the assimilation policy. The assimilation policy was an aim to have all persons of Aboriginal blood or mixed blood living like white Australians. Aboriginal peoples didn't receive equal opportunities as they had lower wages to white workers; limited recognition was given to the role they played in the...
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