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By the Freedom Riders travelling back to the town of Moree when hearing of the banning of Aboriginal children in the local pool, they were showing perseverance in bringing justice and equality to all people, despite the colouring of their skin. Whilst they were unsure of the circumstances they would be returning to, they were determined to make a change. By also including the media to take coverage of the situation, the mistreatment was projected to the whole nation. Perkins and the Riders were confronting the nation on the appalling situations, which were so significant to the segregation of Indigenous peoples. The denying of rights to children who merely would like to go for a swim on a hot day created serious, and unnecessary, action by the Anglo-Saxon Australians.

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When the Freedom Riders traveled to Moree to lift the ban for colored children to swim in the public swimming pool, they went with a vision. The groups perseverance to change the way people saw Indigenous Australians.

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The 1965 Freedom Rides were of extreme importance due to the attention acquired from the government towards Indigenous issues such as health and rights. Charlie Perkins and the freedom riders had been campaigning around rural Australian towns, exposing racist policies and segregation in regards to the Aboriginal people. The freedom riders arrived in the town of Moree, and decided that their first move would be to address the segregation present in the local swimming pool. They planned to bring aboriginal children to the pool and protest. It wasn’t before long that the local community had gathered around the pool, a hotbed of tension and aggression as the freedom riders attempted to escort the kids out of the pool safely while the locals fiercely tried to uphold the racial segregation of their town.

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For every injustice encountered, there was a different strategy to have the bans lifted. At the Moree swimming pool, Charles, as well as 10 other supporters, blocked the gate. Meaning that if they couldn't get in, no one could. Through this exposure, more notice was taken and the ban was lifted. The realization that Aboriginals should be allowed access to a swimming pool on a hot day saw the ban not only lifted, but relief from Aboriginals as they were slowly but surely becoming more recognized as human beings.

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The strategies that the Freedom Riders used to abolish the ban on Indigenous children swimming in Moree public pool were using and in visiting the media to reveal the outrageous events, which allowed the Australian public to see the treatment of the Indigenous people. The public felt sympathetic and embarrassed and therefore forced the issue and the attitudes towards the indigenous to be stopped. The media was effective in helping illustrate the injustices towards the Indigenous Australians. The media was also used in the future to expose further unfairness and create change which helped when 90.77% voted ‘yes’ in the 1967 Referendum.

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Despite the fact that the freedom riders were made up of a small group of determined uni students, they had a vision and they had a plan that they were eager to fulfill. One strategy in particular that worked to their favor was the recruitment of the journalist, especially when they ended up in Moree. The aim was to expose the injustices that the aboriginals were facing and the perfect opportunity arose when presented with the scandalous issue regarding the exclusion of the aboriginal children in the community pool. With the journalist reporting back to the cities, this dispute went national, bringing unwanted press that forced the government into taking action. Although the freedom riders probably did not know the extent to which the journalist would be effective, it was certainly a strategy that helped their campaign

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The strategies that the Freedom Riders used to get the ban on Indigenous children swimming at the Moree pool lifted were effective in promoting the injustice towards coloured people. They made the issue aware to everyone through the use of media, which was enormously effective as it forced people to realise the issue, whether they wanted to believe it or not. Once the matter had been publicised to all of Australia, the problem was recognised and therefore fixed. According to the Australian Heritage Database, “the publicity and debate stimulated by the Freedom Ride that persuaded many Australians to vote for constitutional change in the 1967 referendum”.

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There were a number of strategies in which the Freedom riders used in order to get the ban of indigenous children swimming at the Moree pool lifted. Charles Perkins knew that no matter whether he paid or not to enter the pool, he and any other aboriginal citizens weren't going to be allowed to swim in the public pool. So Charles and 10 other Aboriginal children decided to block up the gate and stated that nobody was allowed to get through unless they were allowed in too. As hundreds of crowd members and journalists started to build up around this scene, the Mayor soon arrived also. He stated categorically that he would be prepared to sign a motion to rescind the 1955 statute they were protesting against, and would get two other aldermen to co-sign it. The mayor soon let the kids in for a swim and slowly so did other Aboriginal citizens.  The was significant as the Aboriginal kids had broken the ban for the first time in the history of Moree.

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The Freedom riders used a valuable and effective strategy to lift the ban of Indigenous children swimming in the public pool in Moree. This strategy was the act of exposing. The riders would journey around the outback of New South Wales to identify where discrimination against Indigenous Australians was apparent. By publicly exposing these areas to the Australian society, citizens were appalled at the way that their nation had been treating the traditional land owners of the island. The public pool in Moree is just an example of the callous treatment that had been hidden underneath the surface of Australia and the conditions and attitudes towards the indigenous people during the time. Once attention was gained by the media, more movements were put into action and more people became involved in improving the conditions for Aboriginals.

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The strategies that made the ban for Aboriginals children to be lifted was by involving the media in which enabled the rest of Australia to see how the poorly the children were being treated. The Australian public felt sympathetic towards the children due to the hot temperatures which made the town of Moree guilty for what they did. This was significant as this was the start of Aboriginals being treated like members of the community. This can be seen when the media made the whole of Australia aware of the poor treatment in Moree.

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The strategies that the Freedom riders used to lift the ban on Aboriginal children being able to swim at the Moree Pool was they had invited many journalists and media to give a story on the racism to show the treatment that these young children received when they just wanted a swim after a hot summers day with temperatures soaring into mid to late 30 degrees. The media caused a lot of attention to those outside the town of Moree which caused a lot of controversy outside the rural town therefore caused the White Australians to reconsider their attitudes towards the Aboriginals. It was a very significant even during the freedom riders campaign as it showed the power of the media how it can have an impact on such a bias topic around Australia also in the town of Moree

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The media had a significant contribution in exposing the injustices endured by Aboriginals and acted as a tool which could be used to reveal future racism issues such as the Stolen Generation. The journalists and reporters brought along on the ride brought national and international attention to the issue, forcing Australia to confront the issue publicly and create new laws that are black or white not in the grey area. Freedoms Ride uncovered injustices of Aboriginal children and how they were denied the right to enter a public swimming pool which created sympathy and guilt as they were only children wanting to cool down on a hot day.

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What strategies did the Freedom Rides use to get the ban on Indigenous children swimming at the Moree pool lifted? What evidence/examples do you have to support your points?

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What strategies did the Freedom Rides use to get the ban on Indigenous children swimming at the Moree pool lifted? What evidence/examples do you have to support your points?

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WHY WAS THIS SIGNIFICANT?