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Captin cook enters Botany bay
Captin Cook enters Botany bay on the Endeavour. The british Goverment does not recognise the rights of Aboriginal Torres strait islander. -
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First fleet arrives
The first fleet arrives and builds a settlement at port jackson in Sydney, New south Wales. -
First Australian Doctor
Emma Constance Stone (4 December 1856 — 1902) was the first woman to practice medicine in Australia and played an important role in founding the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne. -
The Commonwealth of Australia was Formed
British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia. -
First Female Parliamentry Candidates
the first female candidate was Alicia Katz, who stood for Barwon as a Labor candidate at the Assembly election -
Maternaty Allowance Act.
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women in World war 1 1914-1918
In world war people said that women were allowed to be in the war by helping the soliders with cuts or grazers. the women played an important role in the war by being a nurse. -
First Female Police Officers
On this date the goverment allowed women to be police officers. as men officers were decreaseing -
minimum wadge for women
on this date the minimum wadge for women started -
First women elected to Australian parliment
Edith cowan was the first women to be elected to the Australian parliment. -
Founding of the Country womens association
Its aims are to improve the conditions for country women and children and to try to make life better for women and their families, especially those women living in rural and remote Australia. -
Widow pensions were Introduced
pension rates were repealed when their application would have resulted -
First women elected to federal parliment
On this date the first women was elected to the federal parliment. -
Commenwealth Citizenship act.
The Commenwealth Citizenship and Nationality act gives the category of Australian Citizenship to all Australians. -
Australians voteing Referendum
On may 27 1967, more then 90% of people voted 'yes' in a Referendum to give the Australian Goverment the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people. -
The Australian Parliment Passes Racial Discrimination act.
The Australian Parliment Passes the Racial Discrimination Act to help Ensure that Australians of all Backgrounds are treated Equally and Receive the same opportunities. -
Uluru is Handed back ti its Traditional owners.
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mabo decision
The high Court hands down the Mabo Decision, Recognising the special relationship that Aboriginal and torres strait Islander people have with the Land. The court rules that Australia was never terra nullius. -
Aboriginal Reconcillation.
The Council for Aboriginal Reconcilliation Holds its First meeting in Canberra. -
Prime Minister apologises to the stolen generations.
Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, formally apologises to the stolen Generations on behalf of the Australian Parliment.