Aidans Timeline
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Updated: 22 Nov 2019
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The government agrees to provide welfare payment to Aborigines under the Social Services ActAll Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were given the right to vote in federal electionsIndigenous people were granted equal pay with other AustraliansStart of the Freedom RidesEnd of Freedom RideThe Wave Hill walk-off1967 ReferendumThe Aboriginal Land Rights ActTent Embassy on Australia DayAboriginal Flag designedA group of Torres Strait Islanders, led by Eddie Mabo, won a historic land rights case in the High Court of AustraliaGovernment passes Native Title ActThe Wik decisionNative Title Amendment Bill introducedAyers Rock (Uluru) given back to its original ownersThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act passedATSIC abolishedKevin Rudd formerly apologises to Indigenous Australians
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