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Charles Perkins Charles Perkins i(A104177 works by) (a.k.a. Charles Nelson Perkins; Charles Nelson Perrurle Perkins; Charlie Perkins)
Born: Established: 16 Jun 1936 Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ; Died: Ceased: 18 Oct 2000 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kalkadoon ; Aboriginal Arrernte
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1 When We Started Marching Charles Perkins , 1998 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Take Power Like This Old Man Here : An Anthology of Writings Celebrating Twenty Years of Land Rights in Central Australia 1977-1997 1998; (p. 18-20)
1 The Freedom Ride Charles Perkins , 1996 single work extract
— Appears in: Voices of Aboriginal Australia : Past, Present, Future 1996; (p. 101-116)
1 Charles Perkins Tells Charles Perkins , 1996 single work life story
— Appears in: Voices of Aboriginal Australia : Past, Present, Future 1996; (p. 27)
1 Ordinary White Maggie Morris , Bruce Munro , Charles Perkins , Lionel Rose , Kevin Marr , Tommy Lyons , Dave Champion , Ray Orchard , Veronica Brodie , Stuart Rintoul (interviewer), 1993 single work oral history
— Appears in: The Wailing : A National Black Oral History 1993; (p. 279-318)
1 y separately published work icon Welfare and Aboriginal People in Australia - Time for a New Direction Charles Perkins , Armidale : University of New England , 1990 18145451 1990 single work essay

'Whenever the Australian public—particularly politicians and bureaucrats—think of Aboriginal affairs and matters relating to Aboriginal people they automatically think of welfare.

'That is a situation of dependency where Aboriginal people are essentially dependent on the majority of society for their needs and wants.

'Sad to say, this is in my opinion, the context in which we Aboriginal people basically view ourselves.

'We are, it seems, and always have been, encompassed in the welfare system since the arrival of Captain Cook.

'This must change, and I will suggest some principles for a total re-organization and redirection of Aboriginal affairs that can project Aboriginal people out of this degrading and self-perpetuating dependency welfare syndrome.'

(Source : University of New England)
1 Charles Perkins (from A Bastard Like Me) Charles Perkins , 1987 extract autobiography (A Bastard Like Me)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography 1987; (p. 252-254)
1 A Message from Canberra Charles Perkins , 1985 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Aboriginal Health Worker , March 1985 vol. 9 no. 1 1985; (p. 3-5)
2 3 y separately published work icon A Bastard Like Me Charles Perkins , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1975 Z813087 1975 single work autobiography

An autobiography of Australia's first Aboriginal university graduate.
1 Letter to the Editor Charles Perkins , 1968 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 April 1968; Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 883-884)
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