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Aboriginal fight for human rights
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Aborigines claim citizen rights
Aborigines make a national protest. A document called Aborigines claim citizen rights was circulated. During the celebration of 150 years of so-called progress it highlighted historical injustices and appealed for justice, decency and fair play. For aborigines it was a Day of Mourning. -
Freedom riders demand equal treatment
Aboriginal activists made a bus ride through NSW protesting about discrimination in shops, theatres, bars clubs and swimming pools. -
White voters demand a better deal
90% of white voters voted Yes to giving Indigenous Australians the right to vote and be counted in censuses and ended the protection policies (segregation) of the past. -
Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra
The Embassy said that blacks would now fight back on issues of health education and police victimisation. -
Terra nulius ends
The 1992 High Court decision agreed that terra nulius (the assumption that the land belonged to no-one) was racist and wrong. -
Native Title Act
The Native Title Act allowed for Indigenous Australians to claim land rights -
Human Rights Commision report
The Human Rights Commission release a report on the horrors of th Stolen Generation and make recommendations to government to rectify this. -
Sorry
Kevin Rudd the Australian Prime minister says Sorry to Indigenous Australians for the Stolen Generation. -
Sydney Harbour bridge march
250,000 people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge protesting against the Prime Minister's refusal to say Sorry. -
Melbourne protest march
400,000 turn out in Melbourne for a protest march critical of the Australian government.
