1. written by Jake Smith, Jackson Jones and Taine Foster
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2. Life for Aborigines at the Time....................................1
Charles Perkin’s Early
Life..................................................................................2
The Freedom Ride.........................................................3
Charles Perkins Fight For Rights...................................4
Timeline..........................................................................5
Glossary...........................................................................6
Index..............................................................................7
Bibliography..................................................................7
Contents
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3. LIFE FOR ABORIGINES AT THE TIME
Aborigines were not treated equally for much of the
1900s. Many people didn’t let Aboriginal into social
places where the white people were, like pools, movies,
motels and houses. Many people saw them as
disgusting and feral and judged them by their dark
skin and how they had lived.
Charles Perkins winning a trophy for soccer during
his soccer career
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4. Charles Nelson Perkins was born on the
16th of June , 1936. In his early life, he
was a soccer star and the first
aboriginal to graduate from university.
He was proud of being an indigenous
member during his life and worked
hard to help other people understand
that indigenous and non-indigenous
people should have the same rights as
each other.
Early life
Charles
Perkins at the
the age of 28
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5. FREEDOM RIDE
The Freedom Ride was organised by Charles Perkins and Ted
Noffs. This happened in 1965, Charles Perkins was 29 at the
time. He took 29 indigenous students on a bus to different
places in Victoria and New South Wales. They organised
conferences and meetings to help people understand that
indigenous and non indigenous people should have the same
rights.
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6. Charles Perkins Fight
For Rights
Charles Perkins worked hard to
achieve better rights for
Aborignal people.
Charles Perkins
earning what i his
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7. TIME LINE
1936 Charles Perkins was born
1963-65 He was the president of the Student Actions for Aborigines
1965 He led the freedom ride through northern New South Wales.
1965-69 Acted as manager for the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs
1965-78 Member of Federal Advancement of Toress Strait
1967 Vice-chairman for National Aborigines Day
1968-70 Trustee of the National Aboriginal Tribal Council
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8. Primary Sources
This is Charles
Perkins fighting
for aboriginal
rights!
Perkins in his
soccer career
Charles Perkins
getting ready for
the freedom ride
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9. GLOSSARY
ABORIGINAL: The race that was the first to live in Australia.
CONFERENCES: Official meetings
DISGUSTING: feeling a strong dislike towards others
FERAL:like wild animals
GRADUATE/completing studys.
INDIGENOUS/native
ORGANISED/sorting things
UNIVERSITY/high year level
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10. INDEX
I = R RIDE 4-4
ABORIGINALS PAGE 3-6 J = S SOUTH 6-6
B BECAUSE PAGE 9-9 K = T TRIBAL6-6
TRUSTEE 6-6
C CHAIRMAN 6-6 L LIFE PAGE 9-9 U =
D DISGUSTING 5-5 M MOTEL PAGE 9-9 V =
E ENGLISH PAGE 9-9 N NORTHERN PAGE 7-7 W WHITE PEOPLE 9-9
F FERAL PAGE 4-4 O = X=
G = P PLACES PAGE 9-9 Y=
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11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Guile, M (2011)Stories for Australia’s History: Charles
Perkins and the Freedom Ride; MacMillan Education, South
Yarra.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Charles_Perkins_(Aboriginal_activist), 3rd of July, 2014
http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/perkins/, 25th
of June, 2014.
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