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Commemorating 40 Years
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Freedom Riders A group of about 30 Sydney University students (including two Aboriginal people) who, in February 1965, undertook a 2,300 km bus tour of northern NSW towns investigating and protesting discrimination against Aborigines. Considered by some to be the most significant act in Aboriginal-European relations in the twentieth century, this tour marked the beginning of substantial European awareness of the problems of Aboriginal people. It was led by Charles Perkins and Jim Spigelman, with help from Ted Noffs and Bill Ford. Ian Howie-Willis Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia more |
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Planning for the trip
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The Freedom ride was organised by Students Action for Aborigines
Planning for the trip:
The Freedom Ride 12 – 26 February 1965
Wellington 13 February 1965 Gulargambone 14 February 1965
Walgett 14-16 February 1965
Background Information on Walgett Moree, 16-17 February, 1965
Back to Moree, 20 February, 1965
Boggabilla, 18 February 1965
Grafton, 21 February, 1965
Lismore, Cabbage Tree Island and Gunderimbah, 22-23 February 1965
Bowraville, 24 February, 1965 Kempsey, Burnt Bridge Reserve, Greenhill Reserve, 24-25 February, 1965 Taree, Purfleet, Newcastle, 26 February, 1965 Back in Sydney, 26 February, 1965 |
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What the Freedom Riders Said
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