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Granting of Federal Vote
Neville Bonner first aboriginal australian to represent the australian government and replaced the retiring senator. Eric Deeral was elected to territory and state legislatures in 1974. no aboriginal was elected to house of representatives until august 2010. -
The Stolen Generation
The Stolen Generation were australian aboriginal and torres strait islanders descendants taken from there families by Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. -
The Day of Mourning
White settlers celebrated it as the arrival of the first fleet at sydney cove. To many aboriginal people it was how the white settlers devastasted the lives of their people. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Ride of 1965 was a significant event in the history of civil rights for Indigenous Australians. -
Referendum
Did not give aboriginal australians citizenship or the right to vote until referendum had passed and was not equal to aboriginal people. -
Tent Embassy
Represents political rights for the aboriginal people. -
Vincent Lingiari & Land Rights
Vincent Lingiari an aboriginal man that cared about his people and fought for his land rights. The man on his right was gough whitlam who visited Mr Lingiari and gave Vincent his land by given the dirt he stood on. "I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I put into your hands this piece of the earth itself as a sign that we restore them to you and your children forever," Whitlam said. "We are mates now," Lingiari said -
Eddie Mabo Case
Eddie Mabo an torres strait islander wanted the raciel discrimination to stop it did eventually but himself and Celuia Mapo Salee had died before the case even opened. -
Redfern Speech
Paul keating an australian prime minister gave a speech to non-aboriginal people to help understand what the aboriginal people are trying to do. -
'Bringing Them Home' Report
This report is a tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by forcible removal. We acknowledge the hardships they endured and the sacrifices they made. We remember and lament all the children who will never come home. -
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
In October 2007 Australian Prime Minister John Howard commit to hold a referendum on changing the principals to recognise indigenous Australians if re-elected. He said that the distinctiveness of people's identity and their rights to preserve their heritage should be acknowledge. -
Apology
Kevin Rudd apologising to future generations and for what the white settlers did to the aboriginals people in the past.
