Freedom Rides to Walgett

Bill Ferguson and Jack Kinchela of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA) visit Walgett and Walgett APA is set up.

Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (AAF) delegation visits Walgett.

The AAF representatives visit Walgett and witness segregation in the Oasis Motel- Hotel, the RSL and the Luxury Theatre. The AAF lobbies against segregation in Walgett.

Arrest of two 9-year-old Aboriginal boys is followed by a delegation of members of the AAF and/or the Builders Labourers Federation and Waterside Workers Federation. The Walgett APA re-established.

Student Action for Aborigines’ Freedom Ride (SAFA) bus arrives in Walgett and the students organise their first demonstration in front of the Walgett RSL.

Group of six SAFA students visit Walgett. The APA is active in Walgett.

Harry Hall and Ted Fields successfully organise a protest to end segregation at the Luxury Theatre together with a group of SAFA students and supporters from the APA, Sydney. Harry Hall and Ted Fields also organise a campaign to end segregation in Oasis and Imperial Hotel.

The Referendum to give the Commonwealth ower to make laws with respect to First Nations People and include them in the census.

The Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs is established in Walgett with Harry Hall as a manager.

The RSL in Walgett admits Tom Lake as a member.

Aboriginal Legal Service regional office set up.

Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Limited established.

The 30th Anniversary of the Freedom Ride and a reunion of the SAFA students in Sydney.

Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG) is established.

The 40th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides.

The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides. Original Freedom Riders retraced their historic journey through Dubbo, Walgett, Moree and Kempsey.

The Freedom Ride Park is established in Walgett, NSW with an artwork to commemorate the Freedom Rides to Walgett.