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Year 10 History · Rights and freedoms: First Nations civil rights

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Who led the 1965 Freedom Ride?
- ☐ (a) Vincent Lingiari
- ☐ (b) Eddie Koiki Mabo
- ☐ (c) Charles Perkins
- ☐ (d) Kevin Rudd
2. What was the Wave Hill walk-off initially about?
- ☐ (a) Wages and conditions for Gurindji workers
- ☐ (b) A sports dispute
- ☐ (c) A new railway
- ☐ (d) The right to drive cars
3. What did the Mabo decision reject?
- ☐ (a) The Constitution
- ☐ (b) The 1967 referendum
- ☐ (c) The right to vote
- ☐ (d) The doctrine of terra nullius
4. Who delivered the National Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008?
- ☐ (a) John Howard
- ☐ (b) Kevin Rudd
- ☐ (c) Gough Whitlam
- ☐ (d) Paul Keating
5. When was the Day of Mourning held?
- ☐ (a) 26 January 1938
- ☐ (b) 25 April 1915
- ☐ (c) 1 January 1901
- ☐ (d) 3 June 1992
6. In what year was the Mabo decision handed down?
7. What is the name of the 1997 report into the separation of children from their families? (two words: '____ Them Home')
8. Which Gurindji leader led the Wave Hill walk-off? (surname)

Answer sheet

1. Charles Perkins — Charles Perkins led the Freedom Ride with university students.
2. Wages and conditions for Gurindji workers — It began as a strike over wages and conditions and became a land rights campaign.
3. The doctrine of terra nullius — The High Court rejected terra nullius in 1992.
4. Kevin Rudd — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the Apology on 13 February 2008.
5. 26 January 1938 — It was held on the 150th anniversary of British arrival.
6. 1992 — The decision was handed down on 3 June 1992.
7. Bringing — The report was titled Bringing Them Home.
8. Lingiari — Vincent Lingiari led the walk-off.