SUBJECTS: Civics and Citizenship, History
YEARS: 9–10
Have you ever heard of the 'dog licence'?
This was a Certificate of Exemption, issued by the Aboriginal Welfare Board, that allowed Indigenous Australians to live as part of white Australian society.
In order to get one of these, Aboriginal people effectively had to renounce their culture and prove that they were 'respectable'.
Why do you think such a certificate existed?
Date of broadcast: 2014
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