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Referendum to change constitution to allow the commonwealth to make laws for aborigines and to include them in the censusFormation of the UNAustralia’s freedom riders discover segregation being practised in country NSWThe high court overturns terra nullius and acknowledges native title in historical Mabo ruling.The bringing them home report tabled in parliament – thousands of testimoniesKevin Rudd sorry speechUDHR adopted by the UNAmerican freedom Riders travel on racially mixed buses in the southern USA to challenge segregation lawsHoward government abolishes ATSICAboriginal tent embassy established on lawns of parliament house in response to McMahon Governments refusal to acknowledge native titleATSIC established as the key representative body responsible for the implementation of self-determination policiesNational emergency response to the NT, THE INTERVENTIONMartin Luther King Jnr delivers ‘I have a dream’ speech during the march on WashingtonThe Whitlam government returns 3300 square km of land to the Gurindji people – start of land rights
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