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Day of mourning held by the Aborigines League (est 1932) and the Aborigines Progressive Association (1973). It is the first major protest by Indigenous people. The manifesto "Aborigines Claim Citizen Rights" and the newspaper "Abo Call" are published.
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All Indigenous people are given the right to vote in Commonwealth Elections.
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Referendum held - 90.7% of Australians vote YES to count Indigenous Australians in the census and to give the Commonwealth Government the power to make laws for them.
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Tent Embassy established outside Parliament House. It adopts the Indigenous Flag
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Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) passed.
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Whitlam hands back title to Gurindji people
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Aboriginal Land Rights Act
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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) recognizes dispossession and displacement
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Uluru handed back to traditional owners
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Mabo decision by the High Court overturns terra nullius and rules that native title exists over unalienated Crown land, national parks and reserves
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The Native Title Act 1993 is a law passed by the Australian Parliament the purpose of which is "to provide a national system for the recognition and protection of native title and for its co-existence with the national land management system".
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The High Court rules in the Wik decision that native title and pastoral leases can co-exist.
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Bringing Them Home, the report of the inquiry into the Stolen Generations, is released. It recommends a national sorry day to commemorate the history and effects of removing children from their families.
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Native Title Amendment Act 1998 is passed; seen by many to reduce native title rights for Indigenous people
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says 'Sorry' to the Stolen Generations
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces plans to recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution
