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Aboriginals in the 20th century
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The Stolen Generation
The Stolen Generation also known as The Stolen Children were the children of the aboriginal and torres straight islander descent who were removed from their family. The people who took the children were the australian federal and state government -
The Day Of Mourning
The 150th anniversary for the First Fleet to arrive into australia . For the aboriginals it was a day of mourn there was a re-enactment of the arrival of the Fleet -
Granting of the Federal Vote
In this year, all women and aboriginal adults were granted the right to vote. -
Freedom Ride
Students from The University Of Sydney formed a group called SAFA (Student Action For Aborginies) lead by charles perkins in the freedom ride the Aboriginals were counted seperatly in the cencus. -
Referendum
Australians voted to include the aboriginals and include them in the census and allow the commonwealth to make laws for them. -
Tent Embassy
four Aboriginal men Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Tony Coorey and Bertie Williams arrived in Canberra from Sydney to establish the Aboriginal Embassy by planting a beach umbrella on the lawn in front of Parliament House .The Embassy was established in response to the McMahon Coalition Government's refusal to recognise Aboriginal land rights. -
Vincent Lingiari & Land Rights
The Wave Hill strike would eventually reshape relationships between indigenous Australians and the wider community. initially an employee-rights action, it soon became a major federal issue when the Gurindji people demanded the return of their traditional lands.
The strike lasted 8 years. Over that time, support for Aboriginal rights grew as the struggle intensified. The protest eventually led to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 -
Eddie Mabo Case
In 1981 a land rights conference was held at James Cook University and Mabo made a speech to the audience where he explained the land inheritance system on Murray Island. The significance of this in terms of Australian common law doctrine was taken note of by one of the attendees, a lawyer, who suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights through the court system. -
Redfern Park Speech
The Redfern Park Speech was made on 10 December 1992 by Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating at Redfern Park in Redfern, New South Wales. The speech dealt with the challenges faced by Indigenous Australians. -
Bringing them home report
the report was established by the federal Attorney-General, Michael Lavarch, on 11 May 1995, in response to efforts made by key Indigenous agencies and communities concerned that the general public's ignorance of the history of forcible removal was hindering the recognition of the needs of its victims and their families and the provision of services.The 680 page report was tabled in Federal Parliament on 26 May 1997 -
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during its 61st session at UN Headquarters in New York City on 13 September 2007. -
The Apology
On February 13th, 2008, Aboriginal people across all Australia were in tears. The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, had finally apologised to the Stolen Generations and said sorry.
