The Bush-Not a Place for Women

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The Bush-Not a Place for Women

Introduction

Overview of the struggle of the Indigenous Australians

Australians have denied the rights of the Aboriginals and treated them as foreigner instead of as their own. This discrimination has bought a lot of tension among the population of Australia. The government has tried to do everything they could to resolve this issue but unfortunately has failed to eradicate this tension amongst the Aboriginals and the Australians.

The Day of Mourning was a beginning to reduce this tension and to gain the rights of the Aboriginals in Australia. The Freedom Ride was yet another attempt to bring awareness to the public of Australia about the poor conditions that the Aboriginals were living in. This attempt was the most effective as it gained huge media coverage and it also broadcasted the truth about the hostile feelings towards the Aboriginals. Whereas the Aboriginal Embassy 'displayed' the facts that the Aboriginals were living in a poor state and that they felt alienated from the society.

The Australian indigenous struggle for justice received international interest. This interest was mainly generated by the participants at the 1972 Aboriginal tent Embassy which still continues to embarrass the Australian government when they attempt to hide the issues on international platforms. The climax of the struggle of the indigenous people in Australia was the Embassy in the 20th century. This also proved to the world that the Aboriginals were still living in Australia and did not extinct as the government had mentioned it on international forums. It rather showed that these Aborigines had grown stronger over the 90's and held a firm ground in struggling for their rights.

The Results

Late in the same year the president of Walgett Aborigines' Progressive Association, Harry Hall requested to Perkins and other Aboriginal activists to return to Walgett. Harry Hall said that they needed assistance in fighting against the colour ban that the Oasis Hotel had applied. The Perkins and other activists return on the cal of the president. The Freedom Ride had managed to get enough publicity and bought awareness of racial discrimination in Australia.

Once again after a period of seven years, the Aboriginals decided to make their ground strong by openly displaying their conditions and feelings towards racial discrimination. This time the Aboriginal youngsters decided to force their way into the Parliament by using a beach umbrella as a make-shift tent. They went in the courtyard of the Parliament and set up a tent and labelled it as 'Aboriginal Embassy'. This also attracted a lot of media and international attention and interest.

The indigenous political movement from the 1972 to 1990s was a debate on racism and injustice in Australia. The main focus on the affairs of indigenous people living in Australia presently can go back to the period of 1970 up to 1972. During this time, the youth of the Aboriginals decided to educate themselves politically and build themselves for a movement that would change the history of Australia.

The Australian indigenous struggle ...