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Australia's Sesquicentenary
Aboriginal leaders in Melbourne and Sydney hold ‘Day of Mourning’ events and call for citizenship rights. -
UDHR Adoption
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by United Nations -
Segregation Laws Challenged
American Freedom Riders travel on racially mixed buses in the southern United States
to challenge segregation laws. -
I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King Jnr delivers his ‘I have a dream’ speech during the March on Washington -
Segregation in Country NSW
Australia’s Freedom Riders discover segregation being practised in country NSW during a ‘fact finding’ tour. -
Aboriginals Included in Census
Overwhelming support for referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Commonwealth to make laws for Aborigines and to include them in the census -
Aboriginal Tent Embassy Established
Aboriginal Tent Embassy established on the lawns of Parliament House in response to the McMahon Government’s refusal to accept native title -
Stolen Land Returned
The Whitlam Government returns 3300 square kilometres of land to the Gurindji people – a beginning to land rights for Aboriginal people in Australia -
ATSIC established as key Representative
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) formally established as the key representative body responsible for the implementation of self-determination policies -
Bringing them Home
The Bringing Them Home report is tabled in Parliament. The report includes thousands of testimonies from members of the Stolen Generations. -
ATSIC Abolished
The Howard Government abolishes ATSIC -
The Intervention Begins
The National Emergency Response in the Northern Territory, known as ‘the Intervention’, begins -
Rudd Apologises
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Stolen Generations.
