Fight for Aboriginal rights

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    Fight for Aboriginal rights

  • Aboriginies Claim Citizen Rights

    Aboriginies Claim Citizen Rights

    On Australia Day, a meeting of Aboriginal people was held in Sydney. A documet called "Aboriginies Claim Citizen Rights" was cirrculated.
  • allows Indigenous Australians the right to vote in federal elections only

    allows Indigenous Australians the right to vote in federal elections only

  • Freedom Riders demand equal treatment

    Freedom Riders demand equal treatment

  • Gurindji people demand a better deal

  • White voters demand a better deal for first Australians

  • Aboriginal tent embassy set up in Canberra

  • Land rights to be granted to first Australians

  • First Aboriginal land rights act

  • Court agrees "terra Nullius" is wrong and racist

  • Native title act brought in

    Allowing indiginous Australians to claim land rights.

  • Prime Ministers refusal to apologise to Aboriginal people for past wrongs.

  • Goverment announces the formation of the Indiginous implimentation board

    To improve social and economic outcomes for Aboriginals