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the commonwealth of Australia started to form and indigenous Australians started to get excluded from normal day to day things and voting and allowances
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the very first big protest held by Aboriginal people, The Manifesto "aborigines claim citizen rights"
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Australian citizens act listened to the indigenous Australians and let them vote if they were enrolled for the state elections
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A referendum was held -90.7% of Australia voted yes to count indigenous Australians in the census and to give the commonwealth government the power to make new laws for them.
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Neville Bonner became the first indigenous member of parliament when he filled a casual senate vacancy.