Redfern : Aboriginal activism in the 1970s / Johanna Perheentupa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perheentupa, Johanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions--20th century.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Australia--New South Wales--Redfern.

Radicalism.

History.

Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.

New South Wales.

Radicalism--Australia--History--20th century.

Aboriginal Australians--Government relations.

Political activists--Australia.

Political activists.

Australia.

Political activists, Aboriginal Australian.

Redfern (N.S.W.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Redfern (N.S.W.).

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

regular print

Other Title:

Redfern : Aboriginal activism in the nineteen seventies.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2020.

Summary:

In the 1970s, the run-down inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern was a gathering place for Aboriginal intellectuals and ambitious young radicals. Having fled poverty and segregation in rural Australia in the 1950s and 60s, they set about fulfilling their vision - a new way of living, where Aboriginal people could control their own lives - politically, economically and culturally. Redfern: Aboriginal activism in the 1970s is the previously untold story of how they set about fulfilling their dreams. In a fast-paced burst of creativity and hard work, in just three years an Aboriginal health service, housing cooperative, legal service, child care centre and a black theatre were established in Redfern. They had some support and the promise of self-determination under the newly elected Whitlam Labor government, but there was also abuse and discrimination. This is the story of how, with hard work, humour and vision, they prevailed to build organisations that have served as models for similar organisations all over Australia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781925302295

1925302296

OCLC:

1178635097

Publisher Number:

99986033831