Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Student Action for Aborigines
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Other form(s) of name
- SAFA
- S.A.F.A.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1965-1966
History
Formed by a group of students at the University of Sydney. Charles Perkins was the inaugural president. Their mission was to raise awareness for the marginalisation of Aboriginal peoples in New South Wales. Hired a bus and organised a publicised 'Freedom Ride' that began in Sydney and passed through numerous regional missions and towns, such as Moree and Walgett, before circling back to Sydney. SAFA carried out further visits to country towns throughout the remainder of the year but by 1966 the group had wound down.
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Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created, Kymberley Doyle, 07-Feb-2025.
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Sources
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. (n.d.). '1965 Freedom Ride', AIATSIS website, accessed online 07-Feb-2025.