Title: Aborigines & activism :
Authors: Clark, Jennifer,
Date: 2008
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press,
Physical description: vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: D
Abstract: This is an engaging study of the stories of racial awakening in Australia that marked the coming of the 'wind of change'. Through rigorous research, the author shows how supporters of Indigenous Australians and their struggles for equality pushed Australia into the 60s - literally and figuratively. The book also puts the Australian experience of the 60s into an international perspective, portrayed as unique but not in isolation.
Contents: Introduction : the place of race in the 60s phenomenon -- 'A dividing line in history' : Sharpeville and the challenge to domestic jurisdiction -- 'The big overseas attack' : Aborigines and the Department of External Affairs -- 'A search for grassroots participation and community' : Aborigines and organisation -- Facing the 'wind of change' at Yirrkala in 1963 -- 'Louts, yahoos and purposeless disruptionists' : race and the 'revival of politics' in the universities -- 'Now it seems it is Australia's turn' : students and the Freedom Ride -- 'Yes' : the 1967 Referendum -- 'Black Power is Land Rights Now' : coming together in Canberra -- Conclusion.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Aboriginal Australians--Civil rights.; Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.; Aboriginal Australians--Politics and government; Australia--History--20th century.; Australia--History.; Australia--Social conditions.; Political activists--Australia--History.