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On Australia day a meeting was held with Aboriginal people in sydney. -
During WWII (1939-1945) lots of Aborigines served in the War. Many white Australians changed their view on Aborigines because they were willing to fight and die for their country. -
A group of Aborigines led by Charles Perkins made a bus tour through New South Wales where they protested about discrimination. -
200 Aboriginal workers walked off the Wave Hill cattle station because they wanted better wages and conditions, and their traditional lands back. -
90% voted 'yes' for the Indigenous Australians to have the right to vote and be counted in censuses. -
The embassy said that the blacks were going to fight on the issues of education, health, police victimisation, locking people up. -
The government recommended that aboriginals get there land back. -
The law made in 1974 only gave the people some areas of useless land. -
The Native Title Act meant that Indigenous Australians were allowed to claim land rights. -
In May 250 000 people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and up to 400 000 marched in Melbourne in December for the Prime Minister John Howards refusal to say 'Sorry' to indigenous Australians for past wrongs. -
On 13 February the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered a formal apology to the indigenous Australians on behalf of the Australian Parliament House. -
On the 14th of October a referendum was held so Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander can have an Indigenous advisory body called the “Indigenous Voice to Parliament”. It was rejected with 60% of the population voting 'no.'