20 March 2008
Chika Dixon
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Chika Dixon has spent his life fighting for the rights of Indigenous Australians. In the 1950s Chika was living in Redfern, and became involved in the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders(FCAATSI). He worked on the wharfs in Sydney before being employed alongside Charles Perkins in the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, established by the Whitlam Government in 1973.
In this first of two programs, Chika Dixon recalls the 1950s and 60s, and the struggles he and other Aboriginals underwent to highlight the many areas of disadvantage for Aboriginal Australians, including the campaign for a referendum on citizenship.
Presenter
Michelle Rayner
Producer
Michelle Rayner
