| 1960 - Now : Period of Recognition
and Understanding |
| 1962 |
Commonwealth Electoral Act amended giving franchise to all
Aboriginal people. |
| 1963 |
A bark petition against mining on the Gove Peninsula was presented
to Parliament. |
| 1965 |
Aboriginal leader Charles Perkins leads Freedom Ride through
western NSW. |
| 1966 |
Population, including Aboriginal people - 11,599,498. |
| |
Stockmen and women at Wave Hill walk off in protest against
intolerable working conditions and inadequate wages. |
| 1967 |
The referendum proposing amendments to remove constitutional
discrimination against Aboriginal people was approved by over
90% of voters. |
| 1971 |
Gove Land Rights Case - Denial of Aboriginal Property Rights,
which affirmed the Fiction of Terra Nullius. |
| |
First time the Aboriginal flag was flown. |
| 1972 |
Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established. |
| 1975 |
Racial Discrimination Act passed in Federal Parliament. |
| 1976 |
Aboriginal land Rights (Nothern Territory) Act - 36% of NT
land area reverted to Aboriginal ownership under freehold title. |
| 1984 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Interim Protection)
Act came into force. |
| 1985 |
Handback Day. |
| 1988 |
Celebration of the Bicentennial, Australia Day protests and
first step to Aboriginal recognition. |
| 1989 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act was established
(ATSIC). |
| 1991 |
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody presented
its Report to the Federal Government. |
| |
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act was passed in Parliament. |
| 1992 |
The High Court handed down the Mabo decision. |
| 1993 |
International Year for the World's Indigenous People. |
| 1994 |
Native Title Act 1993 came into effect. |
| 1996 |
The High Court handed down the Wik decision. |
| |
Australian population - 18,311,000. |
| 1997 |
The Stolen Generation Report. |
| 1998 |
First National Sorry Day. |
| 2001 |
Centenary of Federation. |
| |
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991 ceases to have
force. |
