Aboriginal protest movements have exceptionally developed over the twentieth century to improve overall lifestyle for all Indigenous Australians. Injustice and inequality for Aboriginals were common and dated back to the first settlement in 1788. Momentous protests, Day of Mourning and the Freedom Ride successfully promoted against the prejudice and discrimination towards the Aboriginals. Other memorable events of protest include Eddie Mabo Land Rights. All of these events successfully made significant changes to Aboriginal Australians and shaped their Australian lifestyle.
Eddie Koiki Mabo (1936-1992), was a Torres Strait Islander community leader who had advocated for land rights for Indigenous Australians. When the British arrived in …show more content…
Mabo fought his case through many courts until it reached the High Court of Australia where Mabo and his colleagues acknowledged the injustice Indigenous Australian's lifestyle. Legal proceedings for The Mabo Case began on 20th of May, 1982 and officially ended on the 3rd of June, 1992, Mabo did not live to hear the High Court's ruling as he was diagnosed with cancer in 1990. 'My name is Edward Mabo, but my island name is Koiki. My family has occupied the land here for hundreds of years before Captain Cook was born. They are now trying to say I cannot own it. The present Queensland Government is a friendly enemy of the black …show more content…
To many European Australians, this date represented how far Australia has flourished and developed, resulting in a celebratory day that many people commemorated. Although it was a dedicatory event to some, many Aboriginal Australians believed it was a day of loss and mistreatment from the white settlers. It symbolised the beginning of the destruction of their culture and basic human rights. The Day of Mourning was the first national protest by Indigenous Australians against the intolerance and prejudice that was a daily part of their lives and identified as the beginning of modern Aboriginal protest movements. Their intentions were to bring awareness of the plight of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to the broader Australian community with a march through the streets of Sydney, attended by approximately a total of 100 Aboriginal people and non-Indigenous supporters. 'Do white Australians realise that there is actual slavery in this fair, progressive Commonwealth?', quoted by Jack Patten, Day of Mourning organiser, Indigenous activist and president of Aborigines Progressive Association (APA). The Day of Mourning exposed the disadvantages that Aboriginal people faced and what should change so they could bring equality to the nation. This included same citizenship rights as white-Australians, their land being returned,
Eddie Koiki Mabo (1936-1992), was a Torres Strait Islander community leader who had advocated for land rights for Indigenous Australians. When the British arrived in …show more content…
Mabo fought his case through many courts until it reached the High Court of Australia where Mabo and his colleagues acknowledged the injustice Indigenous Australian's lifestyle. Legal proceedings for The Mabo Case began on 20th of May, 1982 and officially ended on the 3rd of June, 1992, Mabo did not live to hear the High Court's ruling as he was diagnosed with cancer in 1990. 'My name is Edward Mabo, but my island name is Koiki. My family has occupied the land here for hundreds of years before Captain Cook was born. They are now trying to say I cannot own it. The present Queensland Government is a friendly enemy of the black …show more content…
To many European Australians, this date represented how far Australia has flourished and developed, resulting in a celebratory day that many people commemorated. Although it was a dedicatory event to some, many Aboriginal Australians believed it was a day of loss and mistreatment from the white settlers. It symbolised the beginning of the destruction of their culture and basic human rights. The Day of Mourning was the first national protest by Indigenous Australians against the intolerance and prejudice that was a daily part of their lives and identified as the beginning of modern Aboriginal protest movements. Their intentions were to bring awareness of the plight of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to the broader Australian community with a march through the streets of Sydney, attended by approximately a total of 100 Aboriginal people and non-Indigenous supporters. 'Do white Australians realise that there is actual slavery in this fair, progressive Commonwealth?', quoted by Jack Patten, Day of Mourning organiser, Indigenous activist and president of Aborigines Progressive Association (APA). The Day of Mourning exposed the disadvantages that Aboriginal people faced and what should change so they could bring equality to the nation. This included same citizenship rights as white-Australians, their land being returned,