jan 22, 1992 - Then prime minister Paul Keating makes an address to a 2,000-strong crowd in Redfern, where he says the blame for the plight of Indigenous Australia lies with non-Aboriginal Australians.
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The speech, known afterwards as the Redfern Address, is hailed as one of the most important speeches by an Australian prime minister, and signals Mr Keating's decision to move to enshrine the ruling of Mabo case into parliamentary law.Added to timeline:
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jan 22, 1992
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~ 33 years ago