Book contents
- The Cambridge Legal History of Australia
- The Cambridge Legal History of Australia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors
- Maps
- 1 Editors’ Introduction
- I Cultures of Law
- II Public Authority
- III Public Authorities in Encounter
- IV Land and Environment
- V Social Organisation
- 18 Colonial Law and its Control of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families
- 19 The Legal History of Non-Indigenous Marriage
- 20 Protection Regimes
- 21 Economic and Social Welfare
- 22 Civil Rights and Indigenous People
- 23 Rights
- 24 Citizenship and Immigration
- VI Social Ordering
- VII Reckonings
- Index
22 - Civil Rights and Indigenous People
from V - Social Organisation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2022
- The Cambridge Legal History of Australia
- The Cambridge Legal History of Australia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors
- Maps
- 1 Editors’ Introduction
- I Cultures of Law
- II Public Authority
- III Public Authorities in Encounter
- IV Land and Environment
- V Social Organisation
- 18 Colonial Law and its Control of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families
- 19 The Legal History of Non-Indigenous Marriage
- 20 Protection Regimes
- 21 Economic and Social Welfare
- 22 Civil Rights and Indigenous People
- 23 Rights
- 24 Citizenship and Immigration
- VI Social Ordering
- VII Reckonings
- Index
Summary
Indigenous people have been subject to racialised legislation and practice across all jurisdictions in Australia. This chapter characterises the fight against these as the Aboriginal civil rights movement. We trace key moments is this history, looking at the connections and movement building undertaken by different Indigenous people and organisations. Starting in 1927 with the founding of Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA), the other significant political resistance we look at are - 1938 Day of Mourning, 1956 founding of the Australian-Aboriginal Fellowship (AAF), 1958 the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA), the 1965 Freedom Rides, and the 1967 Referendum. We end by turning to the 1970s Black Power movement and the new ways Aboriginal people undertook social change battles.
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- The Cambridge Legal History of Australia , pp. 523 - 535Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022