Milestones in Aboriginal Civil Rights By 18vospert Jan 26, 1938 Day of Mourning Period: Jan 1, 1962 to Jan 1, 1965 Commonwealth and States right to vote for Aboriginal People Campaigns Oct 19, 1965 Freedom Ride to Moree, Walgett, Bowraville Oct 19, 1966 Wave Hill Walk Off Oct 19, 1967 Referendum - include Aboriginal People in census Oct 19, 1972 Tent Embassy Oct 19, 1975 Racial Discrimination Act passed Oct 19, 1992 Mabo Land Rights Decision in High Court Oct 19, 1996 Wik Decision Oct 19, 1997 Brining them Home Report into Stolen Generations Oct 19, 2007 Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Intervention) Feb 13, 2008 Sorry PM Kevin Rudd's Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples