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On Austraila day, a meeting of aboriginals was held in Sydney. -
Awareness of second status indiginous Austrailians became much more obious to the public as a result of world war II
- worked in airforces
- moved into towns to work in war town industrys -
Aboriginal activists, made a bus tour through New South Wales, and protested about discrimination. -
200 workers walked off wave hill cattle station, becuase they wanted better wages etc... -
Post 90% yes vote the government gave indiginous people the right to vote and be counted in censuses -
The Embassy said the blacks were now going to get up and fight back on the issues of education, health, police victimisation, etc... -
Government commison recommeded Aboriginals should get back the land where they now lived and had tradionally lived. -
Gave the indiginous people some areas of adrid and largely useless land. Other land claims were often thrown out by courts. -
in 1992 the High Court agreed saying that 'terra nullius' was wrong and racist. So the 1993 Native Title Act allowed Indignous australians to claim land rights. -
In May 2000 250,000 people walked across Sydney Harbor Bridge. Holding signs critical to the primeminsters refusal to say 'sorry' to indiginous australians -
On Feburary 13th primeminister Kevin Rudd said sorry to Aboriginals, and Torris Strait islanders people. wghose lives had been hurt majorally by the 'Stolen Generations' -
On October 14th 2023 a constitutional refundom was held for the Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in parliment, was rejected with a 60% 'No' vote.