Year 10 History Civil Rights Timeline

  • CE First aboriginal rights organisations formed

    CE First aboriginal rights organisations formed
    First aboriginal rights organisations formed
  • CE Official policy of assimilation of aboriginal people

    CE Official policy of assimilation of aboriginal people
    Official policy of assimilation of aboriginal people
  • CE first day of mourning and protest

    CE first day of mourning and protest
    first day of mourning and protest
  • WE World war II ends and united nations charter is written

    WE World war II ends and united nations charter is written
    World war II ends and united nations charter is written
  • CE Protests against woomera rocket tests

    CE Protests against woomera rocket tests
    Protests against woomera rocket tests
  • CE Pilbara aboriginal pastoral strike

    CE Pilbara aboriginal pastoral strike
    Pilbara aboriginal pastoral strike
  • CE Universal declaration of human rights

    CE Universal declaration of human rights
    Universal declaration of human rights
  • WE Geneva convention

    Geneva convention
  • Policy of assimilation of non-british migrants

    Policy of assimilation of non-british migrants
    Policy of assimilation of non-british migrants
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    Aboriginal protests against atomic testing at Emu/maralinga sites

    Aboriginal protests against atomic testing at Emu/maralinga sites
  • US supreme court ends racially segregated education

    US supreme court ends racially segregated education
  • Montgomery Bus boycott (US) begins US civil rights movement begins

    Montgomery Bus boycott (US) begins US civil rights movement begins
    Montgomery Bus boycott (US) begins US civil rights movement begins in 1955 and end 1965.
  • Palm Island strike, queensland

    Palm Island strike, queensland
  • Indigenous people gain right to vote in federal elections

    Indigenous people gain right to vote in federal elections
    Indigenous people gain right to vote in federal elections
  • US president John F. kennedy is assassinated

    US president John F. kennedy is assassinated
    US president John F. kennedy is assassinated
  • Australian student freedom rides

    Australian student freedom rides
    Australian student freedom rides
  • Wattle Creek land rights battle begins

    Wattle Creek land rights battle begins
  • Constitutional referendum includes indigenous people in national census and gives federal government the power to make laws for indigenous people.

    Constitutional referendum includes indigenous people in national census and gives federal government the power to make laws for indigenous people.
    Constitutional referendum includes indigenous people in national census and gives federal government the power to make laws for indigenous people.
  • Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated
    Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated
  • Un convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination

    Un convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
    Un convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
  • Aboriginal tent embassy established

    Aboriginal tent embassy established
    Aboriginal tent embassy established
  • UN convenants on civil and political rights and on economic, social and cultural rights

    UN convenants on civil and political rights and on economic, s
  • UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discriminstion against women

    UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discriminstion against women
  • Royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody

    Royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody
  • UN convention on the rights of the child

    UN convention on the rights of the child
    UN convention on the rights of the child
  • High courts mabo decision

    High courts mabo decision
  • Bringing them home report

    Bringing them home report
    Bringing them home report
  • Corroboree 2000, sydney opera house

    Corroboree 2000, sydney opera house
    Corroboree 200, sydney opera house
  • UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people

    UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people
  • Official national apology to members of the stolen generation

    Official national apology to members of the stolen generation
    John howard says "sorry".
  • Australia endorses UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people

    Australia endorses UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people
  • UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

    UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
  • WE United nations convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide

    WE United nations convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide
    United nations convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide