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At this time women constituted one-third of the workforce, but were still paid less than men.
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Over 200 000 people around Australia gathered in cities to protest against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Indigenous people were counted in the national population for the first time. The census found that there were 115 953 Indigenous people living in Australia.
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Neville Bonner became the first Aboriginal Australian to be elected to Federal Parliament.
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Australian soldiers were withdrawn from Vietnam in 1972. In total, around 50 000 Australians had served in the conflict. Around 3000 were wounded and almost 500 were killed.
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Gough Witlam's Labour Government came to power.
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The Whitlam Government ruled that women doing the same job as men should be paid the same amount.
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The white Australia policy was scrapped leaving Indgineous people free of discrimination.
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In 1975, Prime Gough Minister Whitlam was dismissed by John Kerr, the Governor-General.
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The Aboriginal Land Rights Act was established. It was a law which recognised that in some circumstances, Aboriginal people had a right to claim control of land.
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In 1979 women won the right for paid maternity leave. Although fewer women were then employed in high quality/pay jobs.
