Student Action for Aborigines was formed at the University of Sydney in 1964
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The Freedom Ride through western New South Wales towns in February 1965 drew attention to the racism in these towns. Aboriginal student Charles Perkins was, by the end of the journey, a national figure in the fight for Aboriginal rights.
Source: Tribune/SEARCH Foundation, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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