1967 Civil Liberties March

1967 Civil Liberties March and Sit-down in Roma Street, Brisbane

Vérité film footage (no sound) of approximately 4000 protesters marching from the University of Queensland's St. Lucia campus to central Brisbane on 8 September, 1967. When blocked by police, the marchers staged a mass sit-down in Roma Street. The 1967 Civil Liberties March was a turning point in student and State politics, subsequently leading to mass protests against the Vietnam War and the success of the emerging student movement in the decade to follow.

Contextual history of this unique event. 

The original arrest sheets prepared at the Brisbane "watchhouse"

The Civil Liberties Movement

A Collection of Newspaper Reports