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Australia Federation
Australia's six colonies became one nation -
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aborignal Activism throughout the year
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Pilbara strike
the strike involved at least 500 aboriginals pastoral workers walking off the large pastoral stations in the Pilbara -
Freedom Riders Australia
A group of students from the University of Sydney, inspired by the United States 1961 Freedom Rides, got on a bus on 12 February, 1965 and toured through regional towns such as Walgett, Gulargambone, Kempsey, Bowraville and Moree to show wider Australia the experience of Aboriginal Australians -
The Australian Referendum
Voted to change the Constitution so that like all other Australians, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander peoples would be counted as part of the population and the Commonwealth would be able to make laws for them -
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Aboriginal Legal Service and Aboriginal Medical Service
Aboriginal Legal Service and Aboriginal Medical Service set up in Redfern (grassroots activists include Mum Shirl, Fr Ted Kennedy), along with Aboriginal Housing Company. -
Aboriginal Land Right Act
Aboriginal Land RIght Act in 1983 in NSW recognizes dispossession and displacement. -
Uluru handed back to traditional owners
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ATSIC Established
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NAIDOC WEEK ESTABLISHED
ATSIC assumes responsibility for NAIDOC week -
Native Title Amendment ACT
It reduced native rights for indigenous people -
The federal Government introduces legislation to abolish ATSIC
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd say "SORRY"
The PM says "sorry" to the stolen generation -
Julia Gillard announces plans
The plans to recognize indigenous Australians in the constitution.
