Humanities - History: Indigenous Rights and Freedoms

The fight for self-determination.
International law defines self-determination as the right of all peoples to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. The intended outworking of self-determination policy approaches was Indigenous participation in policy and decision-making, and in individual and community leadership. Finally Indigenous people could regain control over their own lives.

By Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.
An experience of Democracy.
Explore some of the stories associated with the journey of Indigenous rights and freedoms in our democracy.

By Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Read about the struggles and achievements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights.

By ABC News, Jul 13 2015.
The omission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the nation's constitution in 1901 has led to more than a century of debate over how best to recognise Australia's Indigenous people.

BY SBS News. UPDATED 23/08/2013.
Here is an overview of the Indigenous rights movement from the beginning of the century.

By The Guardian , May 19 2017 .
In 1967 Australia voted in a landmark referendum to finally include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in its census. But, as Paul Daley reports, the fight for genuine equality for the country’s first people is far from over.