'Welcome to Australia' tells the tragic stories of a number of Aboriginal sportsmen and women.

The first of these is Aboriginal leader and former sportsman Charlie Perkins, who found refuge in England as a first division footballer before returning home in the 1960s to campaign for rights for his people.

Charlie talks candidly about the discrimination he suffered throughout his childhood:

"I went to a birthday party and had to stand outside at the window. We handed our little presents in to them and they handed the cake out to us."

In later life, Charlie was forbidden from sharing post-match beers with his fellow players. Instead he was forced to stand outside the pubs and bars while the others celebrated. On the pitch he was a hero, off it he was nothing.

He reveals that discrimination is still rife, and life has not changed for the majority of Aborigines.

"Aboriginal people are still living in car bodies, in run down houses, with no bitumen roads on the reserves. They are getting trachoma, diabetes is rampant, there's poor water to drink, and no employment opportunities on these settlements."

Charles Perkins died on 18 October 2000. Read John Pilger's tribute