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Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
90% of Australians voted to remove clauses in the Australian Constitutions which discriminated indigenous Australians. As the result of the referendum, indigenous Australians were counted in the Census. -
Redfern Park Address
Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, made a speech at Redfern Park in New South Wales during the Official opening of the United Nations. International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Keating touched on the importance of our Indigenous people and that changes will be made in the further decade. -
Attorney General establishes inquiry into the separation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families
The bringing them home report was published by the Federal Attorney general, Michael Levarch in response to Indigenous agencies and communities campaigns about the generals public's ignorance to the forceful removal of the indigenous Australians. -
Bringing Them Home Report
The Bringing them home report was a national inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, which outlined the devastating impact the child removal policies had on children and their families. -
The Sea of Hands
The sea of hands is a major national reconciliation campaign held by ANTaR which is an organization that is about native Australians and their rights. -
Stolen Generation Report
In the early 20th century under the assimilation policy white Australians thought Aboriginal people would die out. In three generations, they thought, Aboriginal genes would have been ‘bred out’ when Aboriginal people had children with white people. They chose to take Indigenous children away from their known family and culture and put them on missions. -
Sydney Harbor Bridge Walk
The walk involved 25 000 people walking across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Indigenous People. -
Corroboree 2000
Organized by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and was held at the Sydney Opera House.It celebrated the achievements of reconciliation and presented the national reconciliation document to Australia. -
Apology to the Stolen Generation
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia at the time, made an official apology to the stolen generation.
