Essay On Aboriginal Land Rights

The struggle for land rights that occurred over 213 years ago has made a mark in history as one of the most racial inequality events of all time and Indigenous Australians have continued to fight for their land ever since.The first Aboriginal political organisation was formed in the 1920’s. Two of the most well known aboriginal organisations would be the Australian Aborigines League (AAL) and the Aborigines ' Progressive Association (APA). These organisations played a massive role in the movement for Indigenous Australian rights. As many of these Indigenous Australians fought for what they believed was fair this caused multiple different problems for them whether they were bashed, taken from their homes and discriminated everywhere they went. …show more content…
The government 's decision to refuse all proposals made by the Indigenous Australians caused many people and many societies to take action against this inequality like the United Nations did when they started fighting for the Aboriginal cause. Indigenous Australians actions had been affecting the government ever since they refused the proposals made by Jack Pattern’s 10 point plan so they continued to apply pressure to the government by organising specific events like the walk off of wave hill in order to allow themselves to keep moving forward to their greatest achievement, land rights. The Australian society would never be the same if this event had never of happened meaning that Australian society would not be shaped that way it did not go through hardships like