Milestones in Aboriginal rights

  • Woodward Royal Commision established

    they were established to represent the land claims of Aboriginal communities
  • Racial Discrimination Act was passed

  • Gurindji peolple won the first land rights claim

    what was their land was given back
  • Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls became Australias first Aboriginal State GOvernor

  • Fraser LIberal Government passed the Aboriginal rights Act

    Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could claim crown land if they could prove traditional ownership
  • Pitjanjatjara people got their land back

    The south Australian government gave it back
  • state govenment were allowed to buy land

  • Uluru was handedback to the Aborignals