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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capitalism | An economic system where things (eg property) are owned by individuals, not by a government, and where people have to work for money |
| Communism | A political system where all property is owned by the government and people are to be given an equal share of wealth |
| Conscription | The compulsory enrolment of men for the service in the armed forces |
| Cold War | A war without fighting |
| Forward Defence | The policy that the fight against communism should take place away from Australia. It was believed Australia was too big a country to be defended if a communist force invaded |
| Domino Theory | The belief that is one country fell to communism, then, like falling dominoes, their neighbouring countries would follow |
| Political Asylum | Protection granted to a defector from another nation who fears for his/her life if they return to their home country |
| Prime Minister Menzies | Prime Minister at the time and decided to fight the spread of communism |
| Asian Communism | Australia was fearful of Asian communism as it was nearby Australia which would make it easier to spread into Australian territory |
| Communist Party of Australia Dissolution Bill | 1950 - Menzies government tried to ban the Australian Communist Party |
| The Communist Party Dissolution Referendum | 1951 - The constitution would be changed to give the government power to make laws in respect to the communists and the Communist Party |
| Petrov Affair | Vladimir Petrov - USSR ministry member attached to Russian Embassy in Canberra |
| Sukarno | Was Indonesia's leader who was unpredictable and was linked to an Indonesian communist part |
| ANZUS Treaty | 1951 - Australia, New Zealand and United States signed, under the terms of the treaty, the nations each viewed an attack on anyone of them as a threat to the security of them all |
| SEATO Treaty | 1954 - To protect countries in South-East Asia and the Pacific that felt threatened by communism |
| The Colombo Plan | Focus international cooperative efforts and attention on identifying and providing what the less developed countries in the region needed to improve their economies and living standards |
| Assimilate | To become absorbed into a community; to blend into another way of life |
| Indigenous | The term used to describe the 'first people' of a particular country |
| Integration | The act of joining two or more things together to make a whole |
| Land Rights | Indigenous people's claims to land they occupy or used to occupy |
| Native title | Legal recognition of the existence of indigenous people's law and ownership before 1788 |
| Repression | The act of keeping people under control, allowing them little freedom |
| Sacred Site | A site that is important to the spiritual or culture beliefs of an indigenous group |
| Stole Generation | The name given to the generation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families |
| Terra Nullis | The Latin term meaning 'the land of no-one' |
| Charles Perkins | Began the Freedom Rides |
| Freedom Ride | About 30 students, led by Perkins, travelled to Walgett, Moree, Kempsey and other towns exposing discrimination in the use of halls, swimming pools, picture theatres and hotels |
| Protectionism & Paternalism | 1820 to 1951 - Aborigines were removed from contact with white Australians and were required to live on reservations or in missions, with restrictions on their movement and way of life |
| Assimilation | 1951 - Gave Aboriginals, and mixed bloods a chance to shape his or her own life |
| Integration | 1965 - Aborigines and migrants could maintain their traditional cultures |
| Self Determination | 1972 - Put some control back into the hands of the aboriginal people |
| Reconciliation | 1990s - Recommendation of the Royal Commission |
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