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ww1
there were a lot of aboriginal and Torres Islander people in ww1 around 1000 soldiers fought at Gallipoli the . -
The Aborigines Protection Amending Act
the Aboriginal Protection Board of New South Wales to separate Indigenous children from their families without having to establish in court that they were neglected. -
The catalyst for change
Early in 1957 Western Australian Government provided the catalyst for a reform movement. It drew attention to the plight of Aboriginal people still living traditionally in the central Australian desert lots of these people had malnutrition, blindness, and disease -
aboriginals get the right to vote
1962 all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults the right to vote in federal elections -
the tent embassy
On 26 January 1972 four Indigenous men set up a beach umbrella on the lawns near Parliament House telling people the umbrella was the Aboriginal Embassy, the men were protesting Indigenous land rights.