Questions and answers to Junior crossword puzzle: Discrimination

Across questions and answers

1 across question: Prepared for action (5) – Answer: Ready
3 across question: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbr.) (4) – Answer: UDHR
6 across question: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (abbr.) (4) – Answer: CERD
8 across question: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (abbr.) (5) – Answer: ATSIC
10 across question: 28 Aboriginal people were killed by settlers in _____ Creek in 1838 (5) – Answer: Myall
11 across question: United Nations (abbr.) (2) – Answer: UN
15 across question: Process of uniting all Australians (14) – Answer: Reconciliation
16 across question: Cameleers from India, Iran, Egypt and Turkey who assisted Burke and Wills (6) – Answer: Afgan
17 across question: ‘Freedom _____’ was the name of a demonstration led by Charles Perkins in 1965 (4) – Answer: Ride
18 across question: Prejudice against people on the basis of race (6) – Answer: Racism
19 across question: A demand for land as a right (5) – Answer: Claim
20 across question: Captain Cook declared Australia uninhabited under a doctrine called ‘terra _____’ (7) – Answer: Nullius
21 across question: The way of life and customs of a group of people (7) – Answer: Culture
23 across question: A girl’s name, common in many countries (4) – Answer: Anna
25 across question: Australian foreign language television and radio station (3) – Answer: SBS
28 across question: The territory with the highest number of Indigenous language speakers (2) – Answer: NT
30 across question: Original inhabitants of a country are called _____ people (10) – Answer: Indigenous
31 across question: Recognition of native title to land was acknowledged in the _____ decision (4) – Answer: Mabo
32 across question: Aboriginal people fought for Australia in Gallipoli in this country (6) – Answer: Turkey
34 across question: People from Irish, Scottish or Welsh origins (6) – Answer: Celtic
36 across question: Many different types of these are spoken in Australia (9) – Answer: Languages
38 across question: One of the regions of origin of many Australians (4) – Answer: Asia
39 across question: Person from Italy (7) – Answer: Italian
42 across question: The major religion in Australia (8) – Answer: Catholic
43 across question: Another name for Uluru (5,4) – Answer: Ayers Rock
44 across question: Name of an Australian explorer and late (4) – Answer: Eyre
45 across question: Abroad, outside of Australia (8) – Answer: Overseas

Down questions and answers

1 down question: A referendum was held in 1999 to try to make Australia one (8) – Answer: Republic
2 down question: Unfair treatment (14) – Answer: Discrimination
4 down question: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (abbr.) (5) – Answer: HREOC
5 down question: Decision that found that native title could co-exist with pastoral leases (3) – Answer: WIK
7 down question: Racial Discrimination Act (abbr.) (3) – Answer: RDA
8 down question: People from English heritage (5) – Answer: Anglo
9 down question: Aboriginal children taken from their families are called the _____ generation (6) – Answer: Stolen
10 down question: A person who migrates to another country (7) – Answer: Migrant
12 down question: Racial _____ is against the law (10) – Answer: Harassment
13 down question: The ‘White Australia _____’ prohibited the migration of non-Europeans (6) – Answer: Policy
14 down question: Mechanism that makes racial harassment illegal (3) – Answer: Law
21 down question: Many different dialects of this language are spoken in Australia (7) – Answer: Chinese
22 down question: The national language of Australia (7) – Answer: English
24 down question: First name of a well-known female Indigenous Australian Olympian, Peris-Kneebone (4) – Answer: Nova
25 down question: An important part of Reconciliation is the National _____ Day (5) – Answer: Sorry
26 down question: Musical group of Aboriginal background called _____ Yindi (5) – Answer: Yothu
27 down question: Describes the variety of languages and cultures in Australia (9) – Answer: Diversity
28 down question: The state with the highest number of people born in a non-English speaking country (3) – Answer: NSW
29 down question: Spiritual beliefs (9) – Answer: Religions
31 down question: A term used to describe the killing of Indigenous people by the early settlers (8) – Answer: Massacre
33 down question: A law or statute (3) – Answer: Act
35 down question: In 1999, refugees from East _____ came to Australia temporarily (5) – Answer: Timor
37 down question: Everyone has a _____ to a school free of racism (5) – Answer: Right
40 down question: The latest (4) – Answer: Last
41 down question: First name of a well known male Australian actor of Greek origin, Giannopoulos (4) – Answer: Nick