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Beginning of official policies and protection
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Aboriginal protection board established in New South Wales
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Chief protector given authority to move aboriginal people to and from reserves
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Australian Constitution excludes Aboriginal people from the census. State governments have law-making power for Indigenous people.
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Aborigines Protection Act (NSW) gives Protection Board control over any Aboriginal child it labels ‘neglected’
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Federal government adopts policy of assimilation
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Federal government announces policy of integration
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Wave Hill Walk Off begins the modern campaign for the recognition of land rights
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Historic ‘yes’ vote to remove discriminatory sections from the Australian Constitution
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Establishment of the Tent Embassy Gove Land Rights Case upholds terra nullius
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Federal government adopts self-determination policy
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Prime Minister Gough Whitlam formally hands lease of part of their traditional lands to the Gurindji people
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Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976 (Cwlth) provides some recognition of Indigenous people’s rights to land
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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) recognises Aboriginal ownership of reserves and also allows claims to be made on Crown lands
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Uluru is returned to its traditional owners
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Federal government adopts policy of reconciliation
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The Mabo decision overturns terra nullius
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The Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth)
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The Wik decision
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Publication of HREOC’s Bringing Them Home report
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Native Title (Amendment) Act 1998 (Cwlth)
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The Noongar decision states that native title could still exist within Perth’s metropolitan area
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Kevin Rudds appology