First Nations Unit Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is Truth Telling?
Sharing honest accounts of past injustices, especially related to First Nations history in Australia.
What is Intergenerational Trauma?
The passing down of the effects of trauma from one generation to the next, often seen in communities affected by colonisation.
What does Terra Nullius mean?
A term meaning ‘land belonging to no one’ used by British colonisers to justify taking Aboriginal land.
What is Native Title?
Legal recognition that some Aboriginal people have rights to their traditional land and waters.
What is Reconciliation?
Efforts to improve relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians through truth, justice, and healing.
What is Colonisation?
When one country takes control of another area, often bringing settlers and changing the land and culture.
What is Genocide?
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, often because of their race or ethnicity.
What are The Killing Times?
A term used to describe the period of frontier violence and massacres of Aboriginal people during colonisation in Australia.
What was The Pinjarra Massacre?
A violent clash in 1834 where many Aboriginal Noongar people were killed by British settlers in Pinjarra, WA.
What is The Stolen Generation?
Aboriginal children who were taken from their families by governments and placed in institutions or with white families.
What were the 1960 Population Control tactics?
Actions or policies (e.g., forced sterilisation or birth control) used in some countries to limit population growth, sometimes targeting specific groups.
What was The Freedom Ride (Aus)?
A 1965 bus trip by students (including Charles Perkins) through NSW towns to protest racism against Aboriginal people.
Who is Charles Perkins?
An Aboriginal activist and leader who led the 1965 Freedom Ride and fought for Indigenous rights.
What was The Mabo Case?
A 1992 High Court decision that overturned terra nullius and recognised Aboriginal land rights (Native Title).
Who is Eddie Mabo?
A Torres Strait Islander man whose legal fight led to the Mabo decision, recognising Indigenous land rights.
What was The 1967 Referendum?
A vote where over 90% of Australians agreed to change the Constitution to count Aboriginal people in the census and let the federal government make laws for them.
