Indigenous Rights By 1507236 Jan 1, 1937 Australian Aborigine Progressive Association formed link Jan 1, 1937 Assimilation Policy link Jan 1, 1938 Resistance to European invasion Link Jan 1, 1938 Day of mourning link May 1, 1946 Pilbara Aboriginal Pastoral Strike link Jan 1, 1947 Aboriginal people excluded from census link Jan 1, 1962 Aboriginal people given the right to vote link Feb 23, 1965 Freedom Ride link Jan 26, 1972 Tent embassy link Jun 11, 1975 Racial discrimination act link Aug 10, 1987 Royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody link Mar 1, 1988 Bicentenary protest march link Dec 15, 1993 Uluru returned to Aboriginals link