Struggle for Indigenous Rights & Freedoms By alexandria848 Jan 26, 1790 Resistance to European Invasion Jan 1, 1937 Australian Aborigine's Progressive Assocation formed Jan 26, 1938 The Day of Mourning Apr 22, 1939 Assimilation Policy May 1, 1946 Pilbara Aboriginal Pastoral Strike Mar 1, 1962 Aboriginal People given the right to vote Feb 1, 1965 Freedom Ride May 27, 1967 Referendum Oct 16, 1973 Tent Embassy Establishment Jan 1, 1975 Racial Discrimination Act Passed Oct 26, 1985 Uluru Handed Back to Tradtitional Owners Aug 10, 1987 Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody Jan 1, 1998 Bicentenary Protest March Aug 9, 2011 Aboriginal People are excluded from the Census