Freedom Ride

News

First Nations families speak out on harm caused after their children were thrown out of Inverell Aquatic Centre

First Nations families have spoken out publicly about the harm caused after their children were thro...

Giovanni Torre 21 Mar 2026

Arts

Funding program supports First Nations arts, cultural projects across New South Wales

First Nations-led arts and cultural projects which deliver long-lasting outcomes for artists and com...

Callan Morse 26 Feb 2026

Opinion

Charlie Perkins' freedom rides should be inspiring us today

Australia desperately needs a new generation of fierce justice warriors and truth tellers to speak t...

Mervyn Davis 30 Jan 2026

News

Amnesty International urges investigation of "outright discrimination" against Aboriginal children at NSW public pools

Amnesty International has urged the NSW government to investigate reports all Aboriginal children we...

Giovanni Torre 17 Mar 2025

News

Reflecting on the Freedom Ride's legacy, 60 years on

As the students who toured regional NSW to shed light on segregation mark 60 years since their bus t...

Keira Jenkins 26 Feb 2025

News

First Nations families speak out on harm caused after their children were thrown out of Inverell Aquatic Centre

First Nations families have spoken out publicly about the harm caused after thei...

Giovanni Torre 21 Mar 2026

Arts

Funding program supports First Nations arts, cultural projects across New South Wales

First Nations-led arts and cultural projects which deliver long-lasting outcomes...

Callan Morse 26 Feb 2026

Opinion

Charlie Perkins' freedom rides should be inspiring us today

Australia desperately needs a new generation of fierce justice warriors and trut...

Mervyn Davis 30 Jan 2026

News

Amnesty International urges investigation of "outright discrimination" against Aboriginal children at NSW public pools

Amnesty International has urged the NSW government to investigate reports all Ab...

Giovanni Torre 17 Mar 2025

News

Reflecting on the Freedom Ride's legacy, 60 years on

As the students who toured regional NSW to shed light on segregation mark 60 yea...

Keira Jenkins 26 Feb 2025

New Redfern exhibition to mark anniversary of The Freedom Ride

The City of Sydney is hosting a photographic exhibition in Redfern to mark the anniversary of the Freedom Ride.60 years ago a protest bus ride around NSW exposed systemic racism against Aboriginal peo...

Phoebe Blogg Feb 13, 2025

Freedom Ride protest remembered six decades on

Almost 60 years ago, a group of Sydney University students set off on a trip across regional NSW in a hired bus. Led by Indigenous activist Charles Perkins, their aim was to shine a light on racial in...

Keira Jenkins Jul 11, 2024

Virtual Freedom Ride: An homage to the 1965 Freedom Ride launches in Canberra

In a symbolic echo of history, students in Australia are once again taking a stand for social change. Inspired by student activists in the 1960s, they are now embracing a modern approach through the V...

Joseph Guenzler Aug 3, 2023

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