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In 1965 a group of university students organised a bus tour of western and coastal New South Wales towns
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On 23 August 1966, 200 Gurindji stockmen, domestic workers and their families initiated strike action at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory.
Negotiations with the station owners the international food company Vestey Brothers, broke down leading to a seven year dispute. -
Nearly 91 per cent of the electorate voted to amend the constitution. -
On 3 June 1992, the High Court of Australia recognised that a group of Torres Strait Islanders, led by Eddie Mabo, held ownership of Mer (Murray Island).