Indigenous rights movement

By sophiaaz

  • Day of Mourning

    Day of Mourning
    It is held by the Aborigines League (est 1932) and the Aborigines Progressive Association (1937.) It is the first major protest by Indigenous people. The manifesto "Aborigines Claim Citizen Rights" and the newspaper "Abo Call" are published.

  • Voting Rights

    Voting Rights
    All Indigenous people are given the vote in Commonwealth elections.

  • Referendum

    A referendum was held where 90.7% of Australians vote YES to count Indigenous Australians in the census and to give the Commonwealth Government the power to make laws for them.

  • Tent Embassy

    Tent Embassy
    The Tent Embassy was established outside Parliament House. It adopts the Indigenous flag.

  • Gough Whitlam's Wave Hill Hand Back

    Gough Whitlam's Wave Hill Hand Back
    Whitlam hands back title to Gurindji people.

  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975

    Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) passed.

  • Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NT)

    Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NT) was established to recognize the Aboriginal system on land ownership.

  • Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NSW)

    Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 became a law in NSW, it recognises dispossession and displacement.

  • Handover of Uluru

    Handover of Uluru
    Uluru handed back to traditional owners.

  • The Mabo Decision

    Mabo decision by the High Court overturns terra nulluis and rules that native title exists over unalienated Crown land, national parks and reserves.

  • Native Title Act

    The Native Title Act 1993 passed, aiming "to provide a national system for the recognition and protection of native title and for its co-existence with the national land management system".

  • The Howard Government

    The Howard Government
    Howard Government elected.

  • Bringing Them Home

    Bringing Them Home
    Bringing Them Home, the report of the inquiry into the Stolen Generations, is released. It recommends a national sorry day to commemorate the history and effects of removing children from their families.

  • Native Title Amendment Act 1998

    Native Title Amendment Act 1998 is passed; seen by many to reduce native title rights for Indigenous people.

  • Official Apology

    Official Apology
    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says 'Sorry' to the Stolen generations on the 13th of February.

  • Julia Gillard Plans

    On the 8th of November, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces plans to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution.