In a match for St Kilda against Collingwood Nicky Winmar is racially abused by Collingwood supporters, who yell for him to “go and sniff some petrol” and “go walkabout where you came from”. At the end of the game Winmar lifts up his jersey and, facing the crowd, points to his skin. The following day, a photograph of this moment is published in the Sunday Age under the headline “Winmar: I’m black and proud of it“.
Native Title Act 1993 incorporates the principles of the Mabo judgement into law. The Act recognises the native title rights of Indigenous Australians who have maintained a ‘continuing connection’ with their land and waters.In a match for St Kilda against Collingwood Nicky Winmar is racially abused by Collingwood supporters, who yell for him to “go and sniff some petrol” and “go walkabout where you came from”. At the end of the game Winmar lifts up his jersey and, facing the crowd, points to his skin. The following day, a photograph of this moment is published in the Sunday Age under the headline “Winmar: I’m black and proud of it”.
Native Title Act 1993 incorporates the principles of the Mabo judgement into law. The Act recognises the native title rights of Indigenous Australians who have maintained a ‘continuing connection’ with their land and waters.
