land rights and movement

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  • vote in Commonwealth elections

    All Indigenous people were given the right to vote in Commonwealth elections.

  • Referendum held

    90.7% of Australians voted YES to count Indigenous Australians in the census and to give the Commonwealth Government the power to make laws.

  • Aboriginal Legal Service and Aboriginal Medical Service

    Aboriginal Legal Service and Aboriginal Medical Service was set up in Redfern as well as with Aboriginal Housing Company.
    Neville Bonner becomes the first Indigenous member of Parliament when he completed a casual Senate vacancy.

  • Tent Embassy

    Tent Embassy was established outside Parliament House. It adopts the Indigenous flag.
    Whitlam Government was elected; White Australia policy abolished. Department of Aboriginal Affairs was established. Self-determination adopted as policy for all Indigenous people.
    Neville Bonner was elected on the Liberal Party ticket in Queensland.

  • Whitlam hands back title to Gurindji people.

    Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) had passed.
    Aboriginal Day extended more to National Aborigines Week.

  • Pat O'Shane

    Pat O'Shane became the first Indigenous law graduate and barrister.

  • Uluru handed back

    Uluru handed back to initial aboriginal owners. It was a night of singing and dancing for the Traditional Owners and other Aboriginal people, the celebrations marked a long struggle for Anangu to be recognized as the rightful custodians of Uluru, Kata Tjuta and the surrounding land.
    A special dace and Pitjantjatjara anthem were created for the ceremony.

  • Bicentenary protest

    tens of thousands of people march on Australia Day protest on the Bicentenary .
    NADOC changes its name to include Torres Strait Islanders; it is now NAIDOC

  • Bringing Them Home

    the report of the inquiry into the Stolen Generations was released. It includes a national sorry day to commemorate the history and effects of removing children from their families. Howard makes a personal apology to the Stolen Generations, but refuses to make an official apology on behalf of Australia. people protest at his refusal to apologize to the Stolen Generations at the National Reconciliation Conference.

  • Native Title Amendment Act 1998

    Native Title Amendment Act 1998 is passed; to reduce native title rights for Indigenous people.
    First National Sorry Day – over 1 million signatures collected in Sorry Books.
    John Howard & Liberals re-elected; commits to reconciliation by 2001 in his election victory speech.

  • Corroboree 2000

    Handover of Document for Reconciliation at Sydney Opera House, more than 300 000 join in the Bridge Walk.
    The march was a public expression of support for meaningful reconciliation between Australia’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals.

  • legislation to abolish ATSIC

    Federal Government introduces legislation to abolish ATSIC.
    Hickey is killed while being followed by police
    Mulrunji Doomadgee dies in police custody, sparking a riot on Palm Island.

  • sorry

    After Prime Minister Kevin Rudd won the election in 2007, he began consulting with Indigenous Australians about the form an apology that should be taken. In the spirit of the new commitment to Indigenous affairs, a Welcome to Country ceremony was held at the opening Parliament. This was the first time that ceremony like this was held.
    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says 'Sorry' to the Stolen Generations.

  • recognition in the constitution

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces plans to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution.