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In 1974 the Woodland Royal Commision established princeples justice on the land rights. It recommended that that Adoriginal Land Councles be established to represent the land claims of Aboriginal communities.
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In 1975 the Racial Discrimination Act was passed in federal parliment.
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In 1975 the Gurindji people won the first land rights claim, where their land was handed back to them by Prime Minister Whitlam
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In 1976 in South Australia, Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls became Australia's first Aboriginal state Gevenor.
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In 1981 the Sounth Australian Government handed the Pitjantjara lands back to their traditonal owners.
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In 1983 the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Rights Act started a process by which the state government could buy back Aboriginal groups.
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In 1985, Uluru was handed back to its Aboriginal owners in the Northern Territory
