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The **Aboriginal Australian Movement** refers to the
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[indigenist](Indigenism "wikilink") movement inside
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[Australia](Australia "wikilink"), aiming to preserve aboriginal
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cultural sites, abolish racist laws and even create an aboriginal
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nation.
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## History
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In 1965, partially inspired by the 'Freedom Rides' of the US [Civil
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Rights Movement](Civil_Rights_Movement_\(USA\) "wikilink"), Australian
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students and Aboriginal activists organised a [freedom
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ride](Freedom_Ride_\(Australia\) "wikilink"), touring the most racist
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towns in Australia and documenting conditions of racism against
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aboriginals. Occasionally, they were attacked by white supremacists and
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these events drew the attention of Australian and international media.
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In 1966, aboriginal farmworkers in Gurindji went on strike over
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mistreatment. At the end of the 1960s, there was a mass exodus of
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aboriginal youth from the countryside and into Sydney, particularly the
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neighbourhood of Redfern. In the 1970s (partially inspired by the [Black
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Panther Party](Black_Panther_Party "wikilink") in the US and [Black
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Power
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Revolution](Black_Power_Revolution_\(Trinidad_and_Tobago\) "wikilink")
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in [Trinidad and Tobago](Trinidad_and_Tobago "wikilink")) aboriginal
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activists set up free medical clinics, legal aid centres, breakfast for
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children programs and housing co-operatives.
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The aboriginal movement played a prominent role of boycotting the
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visiting of a white South African soccer team in protest of
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[Apartheid](Apartheid_South_Africa "wikilink"). The Aboriginal Tent
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Embassy was established in Canberra and defended from eviction. |