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Being the first to be granted citizenship rights in 1957, still does not paint a great picture. How may aboriginal people got citizenship in the ten years till the referendum?
Maybe the locals should have been a bit more violent in stopping the invasion and destruction of their land and culture.
Look up the lost children and all the legislature to 'protect' aboriginals.
lynx-
How do you come to the conclusion that I'm trying to paint a great picture?
Of course Albert Namatjira did exactly that, and it made him a hugely important figure in the recognition of aboriginal people in Australia.
I was pointing to the article about him as a reference using the term "ward of the state" and a source that illustrates the hardships aboriginal people in Australia faced.
I think whether they fought back or not aboriginal peoples got massacred, given the forces they were facing. Read up about the "frontier wars" if you want to learn more about that shameful chapter in Australia's history.
pascalo
I think the technical term here was "ward of the state".
See Albert Namatjira getting granted full citizenship rights in 57.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Namatjira