Dexter Daniels (Aboriginal activist): Difference between revisions

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During the later 1960s and early 1970s, Daniels again traveled interstate, leading numerous demonstrations and speaking at rallies for Aboriginal Land Rights in Sydney and Melbourne. Daniels lobbied for the land rights of his own and neighbouring clans also. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237356348 |title=You can help us get our land hack, says Daniels |newspaper=[[Tribune]] |issue=1565 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 July 1968 |accessdate=12 July 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Support for Roper River Land Fight|publisher=Northern Territory News|date=24 February 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237503858 |title=Backed Aborigines on Sand rights |newspaper=[[Tribune]] |issue=1649 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 April 1970 |accessdate=12 July 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Daniels lobbied for the land rights of his own and neighbouring clans also.
 
In April 1968, Daniels was arrested for fragrancyvagrancy and sentenced to 14 days jail. He appealed the conviction and won.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107046332 |title=Dexter Daniels found not guilty |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42, |issue=11,972 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=11 April 1968 |accessdate=12 July 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107035904 |title=Surprise move releases Dexter Daniels |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42, |issue=11,866 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 December 1967 |accessdate=12 July 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
</ref> In July the same year, Dexter attended the [[World Festival of Youth and Students|World Youth Festival]] in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] as a guest of the Communist Party of Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107058699 |title=Dexter Daniels to attend festival |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=42, |issue=12,032 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 June 1968 |accessdate=12 July 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="thatsnotright" />