Fight for Aboriginal rights

By Zoë Murphy
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    Fight for Aboriginal rights

  • Aborigines claim citizen rights

    On Australia Day in 1938, a meeting of Aboriginal people was held in Sydney

  • Allows Indigenous Australians the right to vote in federal elections only

  • 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

  • The High Court agreed saying that '' terra nullius '' was wrong and racist

  • Native Title Act allowed Indigenous Australians to claim land rights

  • Priminister's refusal to say sorry to indigenous Australians for past wrongs

  • government announces the formation of the Indigenous Implementation Board

    To improve social and economic outcomes for Aboriginals

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