Australian Human Rights

By TheSquirrel01

  • Commonwealth of Australia Formed

    1st of January 1901 marked the day Australia was federated and became a constitutional monarchy. Indigenous people were excluded from the census.

  • Day of the Mourning

    The Day of the Mourning was a protest on the sesquicentenary of the British colonisation of Australian held by the Aboriginal people.

  • Aboriginal Votes

    The Aboriginal Citizenship act gave the Indigenous Australians a vote but only if they have served for the country or enrolled for state elections.

  • Aboriginal Vote pt II

    The amendment of the Commonwealth electoral vote by the Menzies government enabled all Indigenous Australians to enroll to vote in Australian federal elections.

  • In the Census

    90% of Australians voted yes to counting Australian Aboriginals in census.

  • Equal Rights

    in 1967 the Commonwealth of Australia agreed to give all Aboriginals equal rights in every state and territory in Australia.

  • Indigenous Tents

    The tent embassy formed on the lawn of Parliament House flying the Aboriginal flag.

  • Whitlam

    After being elected in 1972, the Whitlam government passed the Racial Discrimination Act.

  • Land Rights

    In 1976 Aboriginals were granted their land rights in the Northern Territory of Australia.

  • Uluru

    In 1985 the Australian government gave the Pitjantjatjara Anangu back their rights to ownership of Uluru.

  • Redfern Park

    The prime minister of Australia Paul Keating was the first Australian minister to acknowledge the Indigenous Australians and admit the European settlers were the cause of all the difficulties Aborigines continued to face.

  • Stolen Generation

    Bringing them Home was a report written into the inquiry of the Stolen generation and recommended the Australian government apologise to the Indigenous Australians. Prime Minister John Howard refuses to make an apology on behalf of all AUstralia but did personally apologise. At the apology hundreds of Australians turned their backs in protest at his refusal.

  • Sorry

    On the 13th of February, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to the whole of the Australian ABoriginal society for the Stolen Generation in his 'Sorry' speech.

  • Gillard

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced formal plans to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution.