HIST106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Terra Nullius, Customary Land, High Court Of Australia
HIST106 Lecture Notes Monday 11th September 2017
Rights and Equalities
2017: Anniversaries
- 50 years since 1967 referendum
- 10 years since U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples e.g.
o Artile Idigeous peoples ad idiiduals are free and equal to all other
peoples.
o Artile , poit : Idigeous peoples … shall ot e sujeted to ay at of
genocide or any other act of violence, including forcibly removing children of
the group to aother group.
o Artile : Idigeous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their lands
or territories.
- 25 years since Mabo Judgement
19th Century: Resistance, Cooperation, Rights
- Invasion met with armed resistance
- Cooperation and aid
- Profound cultural change
- Taking ownership of change
o Some indigenous embraced the white culture
- Importance of literacy
o Educating Indigenous Australians to integrate them into white society
- Working with white people
- White activism
o White people tried to support Indigenous rights
o Aboriginal Protection Society
o Land rights
- Peuluy the Raio Warrior
o Key early resister
- William Barak
o Involved in Coranderrk
o Fought for Aboriginal rights in a peaceful fashion through cooperation with
sympathetic Europeans
Case Study: Anthony Fernando
- Born 1864, Woolloomooloo; removed from his mother at an early age
- Began his activism in Australia through letter writing
- The first Aboriginal Australian activist to travel overseas
- Famous protest outside Australia House in London
- Experienced racism/harassment
20th Century: 1920s – 1930s
- By the interwar period, more Indigenous Australians were using their education to
lobby for better treatment of their people
- Charles Fredrik Fred Mayard fouded the Australia Aorigial Progress
Association (AAPA) in 1925
o Stolen Generation child. Lived on missions
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Document Summary
Taking ownership of change: some indigenous embraced the white culture. Importance of literacy: educating indigenous australians to integrate them into white society. White activism: white people tried to support indigenous rights, aboriginal protection society, land rights. Pe(cid:373)ul(cid:449)uy (cid:862)the rai(cid:374)(cid:271)o(cid:449) warrior(cid:863: key early resister. Involved in coranderrk: fought for aboriginal rights in a peaceful fashion through cooperation with sympathetic europeans. Born 1864, woolloomooloo; removed from his mother at an early age. Began his activism in australia through letter writing. The first aboriginal australian activist to travel overseas. Famous protest outside australia house in london. By the interwar period, more indigenous australians were using their education to lobby for better treatment of their people. Charles fredri(cid:272)k (cid:862)fred(cid:863) may(cid:374)ard fou(cid:374)ded the australia(cid:374) a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al progress. Association (aapa) in 1925: stolen generation child. William cooper got up his first petition in 1887 and later founded the australian. Aborigines league (aal) in 1935: stolen generation child.
