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Their purpose was threefold. The students planned to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing. They hoped to point out and help to lessen the socially discriminatory barriers which existed between Aboriginal and white residents. And they also wished to encourage and support Aboriginal people themselves to resist discrimination.
- ↑ "Charles Perkins: Freedom Rides". Skwirk. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
In the town of Walgett they decided to picket the Walgett RSL, as a protest against the treatment of Aboriginal people. The RSL was the home of the Anzac legend, which was the foundation of Australian ideas of 'mateship' and nationhood. This did not extend to ex-servicemen of Aboriginal descent, who were only allowed to use the RSL facilities on Anzac day, or not at all.
- ↑ "Charles Perkins: Freedom Rides". Skwirk. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
At Moree, covered by an increasing press contingent, the students decided to address the segregation of the local swimming pool.
- ↑ Greenland, Hall. "Freedom Ride, February 1965 – Hall Greenland remembers". The NSW Greens.
I like to think the Freedom Ride was a success. It exposed the under-belly of small town racism and marked the renaissance of Aboriginal activism in Australia.
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