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1st of January 1901 marked the day Australia was federated and became a constitutional monarchy. Indigenous people were excluded from the census.
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The Day of the Mourning was a protest on the sesquicentenary of the British colonisation of Australian held by the Aboriginal people.
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The Aboriginal Citizenship act gave the Indigenous Australians a vote but only if they have served for the country or enrolled for state elections.
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The amendment of the Commonwealth electoral vote by the Menzies government enabled all Indigenous Australians to enroll to vote in Australian federal elections.
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90% of Australians voted yes to counting Australian Aboriginals in census.
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in 1967 the Commonwealth of Australia agreed to give all Aboriginals equal rights in every state and territory in Australia.
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The tent embassy formed on the lawn of Parliament House flying the Aboriginal flag.
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After being elected in 1972, the Whitlam government passed the Racial Discrimination Act.
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In 1976 Aboriginals were granted their land rights in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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In 1985 the Australian government gave the Pitjantjatjara Anangu back their rights to ownership of Uluru.
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The prime minister of Australia Paul Keating was the first Australian minister to acknowledge the Indigenous Australians and admit the European settlers were the cause of all the difficulties Aborigines continued to face.
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Bringing them Home was a report written into the inquiry of the Stolen generation and recommended the Australian government apologise to the Indigenous Australians. Prime Minister John Howard refuses to make an apology on behalf of all AUstralia but did personally apologise. At the apology hundreds of Australians turned their backs in protest at his refusal.
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On the 13th of February, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to the whole of the Australian ABoriginal society for the Stolen Generation in his 'Sorry' speech.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced formal plans to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution.