HASS - Timeline

1945 = Establishment of the United Nations

1948 = The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1952 = Convention on Political Rights of Women is adopted

1962 = The Commonwealth Electoral Act was emended to grant all Aborigines the right to vote

1965 = The elimination of all forms of racial discrimination

1967 = Australian's vote for changes to ensure full participation and equal treatment for Indigenous Australians Referendum gives Commonwealth Parliament the power to make special laws for Aboriginal Australians

1939-1945 = Hitler's Regime, 6 million Jews are killed