bianco
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Tom Selleck's movie Quigley Downunder had an important story to tell.
Some people in Australia were intent on exterminating the natives.
Some.
Not the govt...it just classed them as 'Flora and Fauna', wouldn't allow them to live in towns, own property, drink in pubs etc.
Until 1967, when the People [White] spoke, and voted 90% to make the Aborigines equal under the law, having been awaked to their plight and the discrimination by "The Freedom Bus riders" who toured country towns protesting.
The riots as they were beaten up and their bus chased...made headline news in the big cities.
"Girls to the back...girls to the back" was the call as their bus was followed out of one town and nearly run off the road.
They thought they were to be attacked...and they searched the floor for bottles to use as weapons.
More cars arrived, the bus stopped...but it was Aborigines who had come to protect them...and the
attackers drove away.
One of the uni student protesters who was beaten up is now the Chief Justice of NSW.
Some people in Australia were intent on exterminating the natives.
Some.
Not the govt...it just classed them as 'Flora and Fauna', wouldn't allow them to live in towns, own property, drink in pubs etc.
Until 1967, when the People [White] spoke, and voted 90% to make the Aborigines equal under the law, having been awaked to their plight and the discrimination by "The Freedom Bus riders" who toured country towns protesting.
The riots as they were beaten up and their bus chased...made headline news in the big cities.
"Girls to the back...girls to the back" was the call as their bus was followed out of one town and nearly run off the road.
They thought they were to be attacked...and they searched the floor for bottles to use as weapons.
More cars arrived, the bus stopped...but it was Aborigines who had come to protect them...and the
attackers drove away.
One of the uni student protesters who was beaten up is now the Chief Justice of NSW.
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