Aboriginal

Aboriginal rights made by Jacques

By monster776

  • Aboriginal 1901 the commonwealth of Australia is formed on the 1 of January the Aboriginal people were not allowed to vote,

    Excluded from the census and law-making powers.
    1901 the first national election is held and Edmund Barton becomes first Prime Minister of Australia.
    1902. Australian women were given the right to vote
  • Period: to

    FEDERATION

    In 1900 the all Austraila country joined together.

  • Aboriginal 1920 Aboriginal population of Australia is estimated to be 60 000.

    1920 Aboriginal population of Australia is estimated to be 60 000. Because the white people came and took the aboriginals population. The white people thought it was there land not the Aboriginals land.

  • Aborigines 1928 Conniston massacre: whites admit to shooting 31 Aborigines after a whitedingo trapper is killed.

    Aboriginal records show scores more died. A court of
    inquiry says the Europeans’ action was ‘justified’. Aborigines are refused legal
    aid by the Federal Government

  • Aboriginal 1937 First Native Welfare Conference – policy of Assimilation is adopted to makeAboriginal people the same as White Australians.

    1937 First Native Welfare Conference – policy of Assimilation is adopted to make
    Aboriginal people the same as White Australians. They did this to get the Aboriginal problem away.

  • Aboriginal 1945 Aboriginal cattle station workers in the Port Hedland district,

    Western
    Australia, strike for a pay increase. They are getting 10 shillings a week and
    are supplied with blankets. The Aborigines then formed a co-operative to mine
    alluvial wolfram which was successful.

  • Aboriginal Aboriginal cattle station workers in the Port Hedland district, WesternAustralia, strike for a pay increase.

    They are getting 10 shillings a week and
    are supplied with blankets. The Aborigines then formed a co-operative to mine
    alluvial wolfram which was successful.

  • Aboriginal 1946 . Aboriginal pastoral workers in the Pilbara, Western Australia, strike over pay,conditions and ill treatment.

    An estimated 600 Aboriginal stockmen refused to
    work until they had been guaranteed a minimum wage of thirty shillings a
    week. Some of the striking stockmen were arrested, chained by hands and
    necks and tried time and time again by local J.P.’s. The numerous arrests,
    food problems and evictions from tribal land did not break the people’s spirit.
    The strike continued for a year.

  • Aboriginal 1949Australian Citizenship Act 1949 (Cth),

    gives Aboriginal people the vote in
    Commonwealth elections if they are enrolled for State elections or have
    served in the Armed Forces. They weren't allow to vote at first so they felt left out.

  • Aboriginal 1962 All Aboriginal people are given the vote in Commonwealth elections

    1962 All Aboriginal people are given the vote in Commonwealth elections. They then felt counted in.

  • Aboriginal 1967 The Australian people voted 'yes' in a referendum to give Indigenous people the same rights as other Australians.

    1967 The Australian people voted 'yes' in a referendum to give Indigenous people the same rights as other Australians.

  • Aboriginal 1967 91% of Australian voters vote YES in a Referendum

    to count Aboriginalpeople in the census and give the Commonwealth the power to make laws forAboriginal people.

  • Aboriginals 91% of Australian voters vote YES in a Referendum to count Aboriginalpeople in the census and give the Commonwealth the power to make laws forAboriginal people.

    91% of Australian voters vote YES in a Referendum to count Aboriginal
    people in the census and give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for
    Aboriginal people.

  • Aboriginal 1972: Tent Embassy established outside Parliament House.

    It adopts the Indigenous flag.

  • Aboriginal South Australian Premier John Olsen apologises to Aboriginal people for pastwrongs, particularly the Stolen Generation

    : “I apologise on behalf of South
    Australians for the effects that the then Government policy had on the families
    and children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [...] This sad
    episode has caused a scar on the face of this nation. [...] By apologising, I
    hope that we can now move forward.”

  • Aboriginals June 2: The Chairperson for the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council,

    Mr. Patrick
    Dodson presents a report entitled Weaving the Threads - Progress Towards
    Reconciliation, to Federal Parliament