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1. Explain why this person is a significant (important) person in Australian History.

2.  If this person did not ever exist, what could Australia look like today?

3. Identify ONE key event that was most crucial to achieving equal rights. Explain why this event was so important.

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Using the clues provided, prove who I am and why I am a significant person. You must link in all of the clues and justify your answer.

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Moree swimming pools

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-clue 1 and 3: He graduated from Sydney University in 1965

-clue 4: He was born in 1936

-clue 2 and 5: He organised a bus tour in western NSW towns

-clue 6: There was a law that prevented Aboriginal people from going to the Moree swimming pools

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Clue 1=The 1965 freedom ride led by uncle charlie perkins and his fellow students at the university of sydney.

Clue 2= He lived in NSW alice springs near moree

Clue 3= He went to the university of sydney

Clue 4= He was born in 1936

Clue 5= He took his students to the freedom ride to poor living conditions faced by aborigional people and the racism that was rife in NSW

Clue 6= The moree swimming pools

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CLUE 1-  1965. Organises a group of 30 students to travel to Walgett, Moree, Bowraville and Kempsey to protest against discrimination and poor living conditions.

CLUE 2- He travelled on the bus to protest againt discrimiantion on all these places

CLUE 3- Dr charles Nelson Perkins graduated from the university of sydney in 1966

CLUE 4- Dr Charles Nelson Perkisn was born in 1936

CLUE 5-In what became a significant event of the Indigenous rights movement in Australia, Perkins led the Student Action for Aborigines on its own Freedom Ride — a bus tour of country NSW in 1965.

CLUE 6- dr charles nelson perkins changed the law that aborginal people couldnt go

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The person is Charles Perkins

Clue 1- 1965

This is a clue because the name of the segregation is Student Action For Aboriginal and I found out that Charles Perkins Started The SAFA program at 1965.

Clue 2- Sydney University

This clue relates to Charles Perkins because he also went to Sydney University.

Clue 3-  1936

Charles Perkins was born in 1936

Clue 4- Picture of bus with SAFA on it

Charles Perkins was the founder of the Student Action For Aboriginal.

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Charles Perkins is a prominent figure. My evidence backs up this claim, with the fact that he studied at the University of Sydney is a clue. He is an activist and administrator for Aboriginal Australians, which explains his bus tour in clue 5. Clue 4 refers to his birthday, June 16, 1936.

Charles Perkins organised a student bus tour around New South Wales in 1965 (the date links to clue 1) while a student at the University of Sydney (links to the picture in clue 3) to raise awareness about the plight of Indigenous health, education, and housing and to encourage local action.

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Starting off, with clue 1 the date ‘1965’ was an important date for Charles Perkins and what he did on that date. On that day Charles Perkins reported the events to a crowd of 200 people at the 1965 Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

Now clue 2, shows the map of different areas and points where they prove where Charles Perkins went on the freedom ride. Some information from https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/features/indigenous-rights/civil-rights/freedom-ride states that The Freedom Ride, as it came to be called, included visits to Walgett, Gulargambone, Kempsey, Bowraville and Moree.

Onto Clue 3, showing the logo of Sydney university we searched his name and came to find out that Charles Perkins went to the University of Sydney and studied education, he then graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts. This proves that that logo meant something to him and represented his work.

CLUE 4: Charles perkin was born in 1936, his birthday is 16 June. This proves clue 4 is true.

Clue 5: This website shows the picture and information about the clue- https://aiatsis.gov.au › explore › 1965-freedom-ride
CLUE 6: In 1965, Charles Perkins and some Sydney University students ran the gauntlet of booing, fruit throwing residents to take a group of Indigenous children for a swim in the town pool. This shows that with clue 6 ‘Moore Pools’ was an important feature of Charles Perkins life.