Moree

                                                     (OurMob, n.d.)

We are now at Moree where the law prohibited Aboriginal people or people that had Aboriginal in them to use the swimming pool or the local artesian baths after or before school hours. The Aboriginals could only use the them during school hours. The town also did not allow Aboriginal people to share hospital facilities with white people. Also they got buried away from the white people too. They held a protest outside the local council and even gained permission of eight aboriginal kids parents to take them to the pool to try and gain entry. The Refused so Perkins went and got more kids but the manager refused saying "Darkies not allowed in". An hour past and the Mayer, the manager and four police officers came up with a answer to satisfy Perkins. They are now aloud in as long as they were "clean". So since it was all good now we decided to leave little did we know three days later the law is back with no Aboriginals allowed in. I am very disappointed, I thought we had achieved what we wanted too.

 

References: Retro Active 10 (2015) Charles Perkins and the 1965 freedom ride. Retrieved from Retro Active 10 page130-131

Freedom Ride fact Sheet (n.d) http://ourmob.org.au/freedom-ride-fact-sheet/ (Image)

Walgett

                                                            (SBS, n.d.)


Walgett it is our fifth stop for our trip. We decided to picket the local RSL since it did not allow any aborigines into it. We also got media coverage for this which is excellent. We held posters up outside of the RSL and even the local Aboriginal committee joined us in our protest. We got forced to leave. the pastor had woken us up and told us we were in danger here. so we got up and packed our gear quickly. I raced up to the bus and started it up.We left at about midnight and had cars and trucks following us out of the town. One of the trucks caused the bus that I had hired out run off the road and crash. The other vehicles had gone from around us. luckily once we had been helped out by the local aboriginal people that supported us through a battle in their town. Also a journalist had seen the accident and it became news headlines in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Mirror and The Australian Mirror (Skwirk, 2015).

References: Skwirk.(2015). Skwirk online education.  Retreived from - http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-117_t-319_c-1079/charles-perkins-freedom-rides/nsw/charles-perkins-freedom-rides/power-people-and-politics-in-the-post-war-period/people-and-power

The Beginning

Bus Drivers point of view
                                                                                               

                                               (Glogster, n.d.)

It is 12th of February 1965 and I am taking 29 Sydney University students and Charles Perkins on a bus I had hired out to take action for Aborigines of Australia. Before we left we had the bus checked over to make sure we had everything right.  I was worried that we may be abused by the towns we went through from the sign that had been stuck up on the bus. We planned to stop at Moree, Walgett, Dubbo, Warwick, Coffs Harbour and many more places in between. We rose awareness in Aboriginal society because they are people too and they deserve a chance as much as we do. They were here before us and they need to be recognised for it and we need to respect that. I had been inspired to be apart of this trip because of what Martin Luther King Junior in the USA did (Perkins for freedom, n.d.)

References:
Glogster. (n.d). Charles Perkins at his best. (Image). Retrieved from http://www.glogster.com/riceandnoodles/charles-perkins-at-its-best/g-6lfhif0p0u63scrttb9u3a0

Perkins For Freedom. (n.d). Charles Perkins and the freedom rides.Retrieved from: http://perkinsforfreedom.weebly.com/freedom-rides.html