the fight for aboriginal human rights By amber_owen123 1935 Aborigines claim citizen rights 1939 Aboriginals served in the war They served from 1939-1945 1943 Immigration department was set up 1945 Immigration department was set up Period: 1958 to 1973 White Australian policy was phased out 1964 Gurindji people demand a better deal 1965 Freedom riders demand equal treatment 1965 Freedom riders demand equal treatment 1967 White voters demand a better deal for first Australians 1971 Aboriginal tent embassy set up in Canberra 1974 Lands rights to be granted to first Australians 1975 First aboriginal land rights act 1992 High court agreed that Terra nullius was wrong and racist 1992 Native title act allowed indigenous Australians to claim land rights 2001 The bulletin