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Federation
The Commonwealth Constitution states "in reckoning the numbers of people… Aboriginal natives shall not be counted". It also states that the Commonwealth would legislate for any race except Aboriginal people. This leaves the power over Aboriginal Affairs with the states. Aboriginal people are excluded from the vote, pensi -
Beginning of WWI.
Approximately 400 to 500 Aboriginal children continue to be removed from their families during the period 1914 to 1918, including children whose fathers are overseas at war. -
Aboriginal population
Aboriginal population is estimated to be at its lowest at 60,000 - 70,000. It is widely believed to be a ‘dying race’. Most Australians have no contact with Aboriginal people due to segregation and social conventions. -
Lowitja O'Donoghue birth
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Life of Lowitja O'Donoghue
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150th anniversary
Australia's sesquicentenary celebrated around Australia. Aboriginal leaders in Melbourne and Sydney hold 'Day of Mourning' events and call for citizenship rights -
First Aboriginal trainee nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
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American Freedom Riders
American Freedom Riders travel on racially mixed buses in the southern United States to challenge segregation laws -
Australia's Freedom Riders
Australia's Freedom Riders discover de facto segregation throughout country NSW while touring the regions on a 'fact finding' mission. -
Lowitja joined the Department of Aboriginal Affairs
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Referendum
Overwhleming 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 on the lawns og Parliament House in response to the McMahon Government's refusal to accept native title
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Lowitja became the director of the South Australian region of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.
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Appointed a member of the Order of Australia (AM) - First Aboriginal woman to be made AM
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Made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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Named Australian of the Year
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South Australian Commissioner for the Aboriginal Development Commission
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Inaugural chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
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(ATSIC)
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) formally established as they key representative body responsible for the implementation of self-determination policies. -
Won SA Great Award
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Terra nullius
The High Sourts overturns terra nullius and acknowledges native title i historical Mabo ruling, and Prime Minister Pail Keating's Redfern Address includes frank admissions about the removal of Aboriginal children from their families. -
Assisted in the development of the agreement which became foundation of the Native Title Act
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Granted Honorary Fellowship to the Royal College of Nursing, Australia
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Named National Living Treasure
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Became Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians
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Made Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
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Professorial Fellow at Flinders University
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Massive numbers join walks for reconciliation across Australia
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The Howard Government abolishes ATSIC
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Prime Minister Kevid Rudd issues a formal apology to the Stolen Generations
