Protest Land Rights and Riots female author Red-cheeked Marsupial Mouse

Red-cheeked Marsupial Mouse

In Remembering the Future

community initiatives have played a vital part in overcoming the immense damage done

Chapter 1: Mardamarda

Gary Osmond

Protest Land Rights and Riots female author Red-cheeked Marsupial MouseThe 1970s saw the battle for Aboriginal people's struggles for recognition of their postcolonial rights. Rural communities, where large Aboriginal populations lived, were in foment as a consequence of political, economic and major structural change, social fragmentation and unparalleled unemployment. The ensuing so called riots, protests and law and order campaigns captured much of the tense relations that existed between Indigenous people, the police