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Podcast: Aussie History Podcast
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AHP-134-The 1971 Springbok Tour, Part 1

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:41:05
Publish Date: 2021-12-29 20:30:00
Description:

The 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was controversial. Protests erupted against the South African policy of apartheid and in Queensland a state of emergency was declared. 

The implications of the Tour also went broader than the rugby tour. No Apartheid-era sporting team from South Africa ever toured Australia again. It also made Australians reflect on our treatment of our Indigenous peoples

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