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Aquarius Arts Festival, ANU – Wiley Reed and Bob Maza

Filmmaker Phillip Noyce was tasked with recording the 1971 Aquarius Arts Festival held at the Australian National University in Canberra.

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Mexico 1968: Peter Norman – Athletics and Black Power Salute

Australian sprinter Peter Norman standing on the podium with fellow athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith has become one of the most iconic – and political – sporting photographs of the 20th centur

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Australian Biography: Charles Perkins

In a life of exceptional achievement, Charles Perkins (1936–2000) – soccer star, university graduate, Aboriginal activist and Canberra bureaucrat – was often i

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Australian Biography: Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler (1920–2015) was a descendant of South Sea Islanders. She was born in Tumbulgum, NSW.

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First Australians: A Fair Deal for a Dark Race - Vote YES for Aborigines, Episode 6

The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) has fought for the rights of Aboriginal people to be recognised in line with other civil rights movements

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Age Before Beauty: Fear of ageing

Women, both old and young, attending the International Women’s Day (IWD) march in Sydney in 1980, talk about how they feel about getting old. Summary by Adrienne Parr.

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First Australians: A Fair Deal for a Dark Race - 'A bullet doesn't know what colour you are', Episode 6

The Second World War interrupts the fight for Aboriginal rights and many Aboriginal men go to war.

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First Australians: A Fair Deal for a Dark Race - Aborigines' Advancement League, Episode 6

Historians Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation and Professor Gordon Briscoe of the Maraduntjara Nation discuss the situation of Aboriginal people in south-east Australia in the 193