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Charles Perkins image 1936-2000 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The boarding house provided him with measly meals
- - - - Because of the segregation policy that the Northern Territory had
    - - Rainbow town was built for Aboriginal people to live outside of Alice springs
      - Rainbow town gained it's name from the diversity of the colours of people who lived there
- - - - So he continued his education
    - - He coached a soccer club to support his family at this time
        
        He later enrolled in Sydney University
    - - This contributed to the 1967 Referendum
- - - - The attendees of the hostel went to a schools in the Adelaide Hills
      - Charles was never invited to peoples homes or parties
      - He found it difficult to fit in because of the circumstances
      - He was also chased and called racist profanities
      - The only consolation to these actions were the other aboriginal boys in this hostel
        
        As well as playing sport such as boxing, soccer, rugby union and league, aussie rules and cricket
  - - - He was asked to leave the school because he failed every subject
- - - - This meant he was often in trouble with the Canberra Beurocracy
    - - Health
      - Education
      - Housing
      - Employment
    - - He was enveloped in a scandal
        
        That scandal was created to get rid of him
        
        He was eventually exonerated(put out of the position of wrongdoing)
        
        He then moved back to Alice Springs with his family
        
        He speaks of doing this to regain his dignity
        
        At this time he underwent tribal initiation
- - - - He was then enlisted to The Bishop Auckland
        
        This was the best team in England and the world
  - - - He then became the vice captain
        
        At this time his wage was great
        
        His budgeting skills were not and as such he wasn't able to pay the doctor when he got a kidney infection
- - - - Arrernte is a group of Aboriginals that live in Mparntwe and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory
  - - - Because of this Charles only got to meet him once
    - - Kalkadoon is another group of aboriginal people
  - - - Rachel
      - Adam
      - Hetti
  - - - This made him the longest survivor of a kidney transplant