Achievements & turning points

                                                               Bert Groves

Achievements:

• In 1927 he was engaged by the Aborigines Protection Board as handyman on Bulgandramine Aboriginal reserve
•  He took an interest in the health and education of the children at Walhallow Aboriginal School and became president of the parents' and citizens' association. 
• he opposed the establishment of a rocket-range in Central Australia. 
•  he was appointed a justice of the peace. 
• In 1956 Groves became first president of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (formed in Sydney to bring together Aborigines and Whites);
• In 1958 he was a founding member of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement.

Turning points:

• In 1923 Groves was apprenticed to a plumber, but found it difficult to obtain jobs. For a while he worked a horse scoop on the construction of the Dubbo to Werris Creek railway.
• He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 14 April 1943 and served in Australia. After his discharge on 26 January 1945

achievements & turning points of Nelson Mandela

 Nelson Mandela

Achievements

Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.

 In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa. 

In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.

 Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious

He helped to keep other Men’s spirits high and never compromised his political principles when offered earlt release. 

 1994-1999 On 10 May 1994, Nelson Mandela became a president of South Africa until June 1999.

 Nelson Mandelais was associated with many educational programmes and initiatives such as Make Poverty History Campaign.

In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizejointly with F.W. De Klerk

turning points


At university Nelson became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society.

 in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.

1962  Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.