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Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the American Civil Rights Movement, in 1964 students from the University of Sydney formed a group called the Student Action for Aborigines, led by Charles Perkins (the first Indigenous Australian to graduate tertiary education) among others, and travelled into New South Wales country towns on what some of them considered a fact-finding mission. [1]
Moree Baths and Swimming Pool is a heritage-listed swimming pool at Anne Street, Moree, New South Wales, Australia.It was the site of one of the successful protests by Aboriginal Australians for their rights during the Freedom Ride in February 1965.
20 February – Freedom Ride participants including Charles Perkins are ejected from the Moree municipal swimming baths after protesting against its policy of not admitting Aborigines. 20 to 26 February – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh tours Australia. 22 February – Prince Philip opens the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra.
In 1965 he was one of the key members of the Freedom Ride – a bus tour through New South Wales by activists protesting discrimination against Aboriginal people in small towns in NSW, Australia. This action was inspired by the US Civil Rights Freedom Ride campaign in 1961.
The town, and in particular the Moree Baths and Swimming Pool, are known for having been visited by the group of activists on the famous 1965 Freedom Ride. This historic trip through northern NSW was led by Charles Perkins to bring media attention to discrimination against Indigenous Australians.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. American civil rights activists of the 1960s "Freedom ride" redirects here. For the Australian Freedom Ride, see Freedom Ride (Australia). For the book, see Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Freedom Riders Part of the Civil Rights Movement Mugshots of Freedom ...
In Australia, Freedom Ride participants, including Charles Perkins, were ejected from the municipal swimming baths at Moree, New South Wales, after protesting against their segregationist policy of not admitting Aborigines. [180]
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