xxii, 329 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
regular print
Contents
1. 'Let's have a Freedom Ride' -- 2. Getting ready -- 3. On the way to Walgett -- 4. High noon at Walgett -- 5. Moree: Australia's Little Rock? -- 6. Clash at Moree -- 7. 'Stirring up trouble': The coastal towns -- 8. Impact -- 9. More Freedom Rides -- 10. Memory and meaning -- Epilogue: Whatever happened to...?
Summary
In 1965, 29 students from Sydney University set out on a road trip through northwestern NSW, to challenge the ingrained discrimination and racism that was a largely unacknowledged feature of NSW country towns. The trip was marked by confrontation, intense street debates, some physical violence and much courage from local Aborigines
Analysis
New South Wales
Aborigines
Protest movements
Demonstrations
Tertiary students
University of Sydney
Perkins, Charles
Notes
Inlcudes index
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 313-316
Notes
Also published as an electronic book (Etitle) by James Bennett Pty. Ltd., in 2003 with ISBN 1741150574
Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library
Signed by author 1 copy. ANU
Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2003