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White Australia has a Black history, writes Evelyn Araluen Corr.

White Australia has a Black history, writes Evelyn Araluen Corr.
 - The day news broke of Barry Spurr’s “whimsical linguistic game” – in which he reminisced about a world with “no fatties, darkies or chinky-poos” on the University’s email system – I had the honour of attending the Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration in the Great Hall. Charles Perkins was the first Aboriginal man to graduate from an Australian university; an activist, administrator, and soccer player, the leader of the historic Freedom Rides




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