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Of Assimilation of Aboriginal People.
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The Day of Mourning was led by three Aboriginal men: William Cooper, William Ferguson and Jack Patten. It began with a march at Sydney's Town Hall, involving both Aboriginals and non-Indigenous supporters. The march was supposed to end there and be followed by a Day of Mourning however the Aboriginal people were denied access.
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United Nations Charter is written.
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Hundreds of Aboriginal pastoral workers left their work for better pay and conditions, paralysing sheep stations. The strike was organised with no phones or radios and lasted until 1949, the longest strike in Australia’s history.
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On the prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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Against atomic testing at Emu/Maralinga sites.
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Ends racially segregated education.
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US Civil Rights Movement Begins.
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Gain the right to vote in Federal Elections.
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"I Have a Dream' speech by Martin Luther King Jr
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Four girls are killed in the bombing of a church
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Includes Indigenous people in national cenus and gives Federal Goverment the power to make laws for Indigenous people.
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On the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination.
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On Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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On Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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On the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
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The Royal Commission was established in because of a growing public concern that the deaths of Aboriginal people in custody were too common and poorly explained.
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On the Rights of the Child.
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The judgments of the High Court in the Mabo case inserted the legal doctrine of native title into Australian law.
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A tribrute to all the Torres Strait Islanders and Indigenous Australians forcibly removed from their families and homes.
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A united Australia, which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all. Direct quote.
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At the first session of the 2008 Federal Parliament the new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an official apology to the Stolen Generations.
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On the Rights of Indigenous People.
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On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
