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The future of reconciliation: the Charles Perkins memorial oration.(analysis of Aboriginal Australians)

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| March 01, 2006 | Spigelman, J.J. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

CHARLES PERKINS and I performed our first significant act of public service, and came to public prominence, at the same time and in collaboration with each other--he as President and I as Secretary of Student Action for Aborigines and, as two of four members of the Tour Executive on the 1965 Freedom Ride. This forged a bond that endured throughout Charlie's life and which I still feel. For that reason I am grateful to the Koori Centre of the University of Sydney and, particularly, to the immediate Perkins family--Eileen, Hetti, Rachel and Adam--for inviting me to present this Oration.

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