1972 Tent Embassy: A Policy Analysis

Faith Bandler was one of the most prominent figures promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders civil rights in Australia, and played a significant role in the success of the 1967 referendum. Bandler’s background and early life significantly influenced her later activism, causing her to question injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Bandler spent most of her adult life promoting the cause of ATSI civil rights and racial equality, and was involved in a number of key events, one of the most significant being the 1967 referendum. Bandler’s legacy is extremely important in Indigenous Australia’s and Australia’s history, and her life will continue to impact millions.

Several key events and people influenced the journey and results of Aboriginal voting rights. Many major contributions towards the indigenous voting rights can be described as international criticism, Aboriginal Protests and Political conflicts. Male Aboriginal Australians were recognised as male people, and therefore could vote in state elections, It was expected to stay this way. However, the ‘white Australia policy’ in 1901 caused many Aboriginal Men to lose their state voting rights and banned them from enrolling in federal elections, According to (hgj) The “electoral officials had the power to decide who was an ‘Aboriginal Native’ or not.” After several years of discrimination, in 1934 Indigenous Australians took a stand in a day of mourning for indigenous rights. Another powerful argument for Aboriginal Australians was their world war efforts from 1914 to 1918. Many white Australians that fought with the Indigenous Australians believed that if “they are good enough to fight and die for their country then they are good enough to vote in elections” As a result of this effort, 1945 marked the year that all male Aboriginal war participants were granted Federal election voting rights. It is important to remember when and how the

Charles Perkins played an extremely significant role in the struggle for rights and freedom of Aboriginal people. He was born in 1936 and was an Australian Aboriginal activist, the first Australian Aboriginal to graduate from university, and he also led the freedom ride in 1965. He was a manager of the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs, an organisation that took a key role in getting a 'Yes' vote for the 1967 referendum regarding Aboriginal rights. His controversial actions allowed him to successfully reduce discrimination against aboriginals. He has also exposed the discrimination and segregation that existed in Australian society, he then tried to educate the Australian society to reduce racial discrimination and get greater equality or indigenous Australians. Perkins was later elected as the deputy chairperson of the Australia and Torres straight islander commission.

One of the first campaigns that made Australian history was commonly known as the 1967 Referendum. It proposed to include Aboriginal people in the census and allow the Commonwealth government to make laws for the Aboriginal people. The current Commonwealth

On Australia day 1972 four Indigenous activists, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bertie Williams and Tony Koorie erected a beach umbrella on the lawns of Parliament House. These four people set up a protest and placed signs which said ‘Embassy’, this was to represent a displaced nation. The protesters were against the McMahon Liberal Government’s statement in which land rights were rejected to Aboriginal communities. They issued a petition which had a detailed five point plan which addressed that Aboriginals had ownership of existing reserves and settlements. The Aboriginal protesters said that they would stay out on the lawns opposing until the Aboriginal Australians were granted their land rights. After a while the Government realized that they needed to get rid of the Aboriginals that were camped at Old Parliament House. They decided that they would be removed without any disturbance and with plenty of notice.

Charles Perkins was an Aboriginal rights activist throughout the twentieth century, as well as being a renowned soccer player, university graduate, and bureaucrat. Charles Perkins influenced Australia’s development in ways such as inciting the freedom ride, graduating from university and holding government positions, and inspiring the Charlie Perkins Trust. Charles Perkins was able to influence Australia by leading the ‘freedom ride’ in 1965. While attending the University of Sydney, Perkins created a group called the Student Action for Aborigines. This group then travelled by bus around New South Wales, stopping in rural towns to protest, picket and raise the issue of Indigenous rights.

In essence, this means that the government still has power to prohibit entire races from voting in elections. In an interview of Marcia Langdon, widely accredited Aboriginal Historian, conducted by the Sydney Morning Herald, Marcia stated that in order for our nation to move forward, section 25, a 19th century document, should be deleted as " because it looks racist and could well be racist - and put in a provision that guarantees no racial discrimination by the Parliament or by governments." (*interview). Even though rights for Indigenous People have changed, a similar treatment is happening to asylum seekers coming to Australia in search of security. Their movements, actions, freedom, etc. Is all being controlled by governments while they are not allowed out of specialised Detention Centres. This treatment of refugees and the treatment of Aboriginal people put Australia as one of the top countries of human rights violators (Healey, 2000). The 1967 referendum did indeed mark to the Aboriginal people that times were changing, but Australia still has a long way to go in terms of fixing

Since the time of federation the Aboriginal people have been fighting for their rights through protests, strikes and the notorious ‘day of mourning’. However, over the last century the Australian federal government has generated policies which manage and restrained that of the Aboriginal people’s rights, citizenships and general protection. The Australian government policy that has had the most significant impact on indigenous Australians is the assimilation policy. The reasons behind this include the influences that the stolen generation has had on the indigenous Australians, their relegated rights and their entitlement to vote and the impact that the policy has had on the indigenous people of Australia.

Prisoners lived in the prison sells, but were aloud to engage in hobbies and do there own cooking. The reason for letting them have hobbies and cook was because it made them easier to control. In June 1943 the internees were moved to INS facilities, but four the remainder of the war German POWs were kept in the Stringtown facility. They were later moved to army sights. The facility was closed by the army in 1943. Near the end of the war the facility may have been used as a state hospital, but it was returned to it’s original use as a prison in 1945. The Stringtown facility is now called the Mack Alford Correctional Center, a medium-security prison.

Should Roosevelt and Truman Have Done More to Help During the Refugee Crisis During WWII?

British North America (now Canada) where slavery was prohibited, was a popular destination because of its long border gave a lot of access points. Most former slaves settled in Ontario. More than 30,000 people have reportedly fled from there through the network during the peak period of 20 years, although census figures represent only the US Refugee 6000. Many stories are described in the Book of Records in 1872 subways William Nevertheless abolitionist who then led the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.

The tent embassy has to be on of the many milestones in the aboriginals fight for rights of land. The Tent Embassy was founded late during Australia Day, 26th of January, 1972. This was one of the most important moments for the aboriginals of Australia. An embassy is the office of officials who represent their country in a foreign country. They were fighting to get there land back because they believe it was rightfully there's

Racial discrimination is an inevitable concern in this current society. In Australia, it was an underlying, yet very apparent issue during the mid 1900’s. However, this began to change with the assistance of Indigenous Australian Charles Perkins and Sydney University students. They aimed to break the various physical and social barriers between Aboriginals and white Australians by touring Northern New South Wales. This was officially known as the 1965 Freedom Rides. It can be hypothesised that there were multiple factors that were involved in the 1965 Freedom Rides that contributed remarkably towards the 1967 Referendum. The evidence gathered from multiple sources aim to support the thesis statement, discussing matters involving the aims and outcomes of the Freedom Rides, the media involvement in the Freedom Rides, as well as the laws and rights formed in the Referendum as a result of the Freedom Rides increasing awareness of racial inequality. These factors notify the significance of the Freedom Rides.

“Arbeit macht frei” (Work makes you free) was plastered against famous World War II camps, like Auschwitz, Dachau, and Sachsenhausen. This motto quickly became a symbol of irony to every prisoner held captive. During World War II, did work really make them free? Displaced person camps were an attempt to heal displaced people, but it lacked the resources and support they needed. World War II left a deep scratch on many displaced people. So, they resorted to camps and tried to escape to Palestine. The attempts to rebuild society were not as easy as the world thought it would be.

Women don’t have many educational or employment opportunities in Sudan. Many organizations like Women for Women International and American Refugee Committee are trying to help as many communities as they can. Unfortunately the unsafe conditions have restricted their support because of the well being of the trainers and volunteers. These groups are trying to determine the best way to solve these problems and ___(Our name)____ has new ideas that will help increase the support.