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Freedom Rides During The 20th Century Indigenous Australians

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During the 20th Century Indigenous Australians were faced with different laws and treatment depending on which state they lived in. They had next to no rights when compared to the white people. This all changed in 1967 when the referendum was introduced that allowed the Commonwealth Government to take all the power and created equal rights and laws for both Indigenous Australians and white people. The Federal Government apposed this referendum due to the success of the inspiration that the Freedom Rides had on people to change how the rightful owners of the land were being treated.
The 1965 freedom ride was held by a group of university students from Sydney. They wanted to draw the public’s attention to the poor state of Aboriginal education,
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