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DVDs
Film clips from the Blood Brothers series, Freedom Ride, a film by Charles Perkins’ daughter, Rachel, are online at australianscreen, which is managed by the National Film and Sound Archive
The clips are accompanied by Curator’s Notes and Education Notes.
http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/freedom-ride-blood-brothers/clip1/
Additionally there is an interview with Rachel Perkins at http://aso.gov.au/people/Rachel_Perkins/interview/
Freedom rides - 40 years on
AIATSIS Call No. 323.119915 LAW DVD
[Dulwich Hill, N,.S.W.] : Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, [2010]
Lawrance, Oliver, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, ReconciliACTION Network
2 discs (DVD (ca. 85 min.) and CD (ca. 50 min.)) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Documentary film by ReconciliACTION and Oliver Lawrance which forms part of a community resource about the Freedom Rides, racism and reconciliation in NSW. This is a documentary that
features interviews from most of the towns visited in 2005, footage of community events, significant interviews with leading community figures discussing the original Freedom Ride and voices of the old and
young on the streets of the towns visited.
Read more about the DVD at the ReconciliACTION website http://reconciliaction.org.au/nsw/
For Primary Students, Lower Secondary
Charles Perkins and the Freedom Ride
by Melanie Guile. Graphic pages illustrated by Chris Burns.
South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Education Australia, 2011.
32 pages
ISBN: 9781420281095 (hbk.)
AIATSIS call number: B G950.15/C1
From the series Stories from Australia’s History, this book is for primary school students aged 10+ and could also suit lower secondary students
The book tells the story of the Freedom Ride of 1965, in which Charles Perkins took a major role; explains the reasons for the Freedom Ride; looks at racism; some of the racist experiences during the Freedom Ride are presented as a comic
Audience: For primary school age.
ISBN: 9781420281095 (hbk.)
Activities for primary and lower secondary students, reproduced here courtesy of the publisher, including lesson ideas, resources and activity sheets; describes Freedom Ride; participants; inspiration; route; picket at Walgett RSL Club; action taken over ban of Aboriginal children from Moree swimming pool and local reactions; concludes that Freedom Ride successful in raising awareness of racial discrimination in country towns and influencing yes vote in 1967 Referendum.
For secondary students
Freedom Ride: A Freedom Rider Remembers
by Ann Curthoys
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002
329 pages
ISBN: 1864489227
Background to, and story of, the 1965 Freedom Ride, a bus tour of University of Sydney students organised by Student Action for Aborigines through a number of New South Wales towns; aim was non violent demonstration against discrimination and a survey of Aboriginal people on Aboriginal attitudes, European attitudes, living conditions, health, occupations and incomes, schooling and education; Aborigines Welfare Board; mixed media, local (white and Aboriginal) and national reactions to student actions; meetings and demonstrations at Walgett, Moree, Bowraville, Kempsey; visits to other towns; results of Ride; follow up actions; varying judgements on the effects of the Ride, lead to prominence of Charles Perkins as an Aboriginal leader; participants' background and life since the Ride
Electronic access: Click link for electronic access to End Notes for the book
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34281/20030324/arts.anu.edu.au/history/curthoys/endnotes.htm
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