Rights and Freedoms
Category: Other
Updated: 19 Apr 2021
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Created byOlivia Stavrakis
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1954 - Brown v Board of Education1955 - Lynching of Emmett Till1960 - Greensboro Sit-in1938 - Australia's sesquicentenary/Day of Mourning1945 - United Nations Created1948 - Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN1961 - American Freedom Riders1965 - Australian Freedom Riders1963 - March on Washington1901 - Australian Federation1770 - Cook arrives on Australia's east coast1788 - First Fleet arrives1937 - Assimilation Policy officially adopted1997 - Bringing Them Home report released1863 - Emancipation Proclamation1865 - 13th Amendment to US Constitution1957 - The 'Little Rock Nine'1955 - Montgomery Bus Boycott begins1959 - Social Services Act1962 - Right to vote (federal elections)1967 - Referendum1968 - Equal pay1976 - Aboriginal Land Rights Act 19761972 - Tent Embassy erected1992 - Mabo Decision1993 - Native Title Act1996 - Wik Decision1998 - Native Title Amendment Act1966- Wave Hill Walk OffLand returned to Gurindji peopleAboriginal Protection Boards established1990 - Convetion on the Rights of the Child2007 - The Declaration the Rights of Indigenous Peoples1948 - Segregation of US soldiers abolished1964 - Civil Rights Act passed1985 - Uluru returned1989 - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Commission Act passed1990 - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Commission (ATSIC) established1991 - The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation formed1992 - Redfern Park speech1997 - The Australian Reconciliation Convention2008 - Apology to the Stolen GenerationsWW2 EndsPeriods
1937-1960s - Assimilation Policy1910s-1970s - Stolen Generations1890s-1920s - Protectionism1901 - 1973 - White Australia policy1950s-1960s - US Civil Rights MovementBen Chiefly (1945-1949)Robert MenziesHarold Holt (1966-1967)John Gorton (1968-1971)William McMahon (1971-1972)Gough Whitlam (1972-1975)Malcolm FraserBob Hawke (1983-1991)Paul Keating (1991-1996)John HowardKevin Rudd (2007-2010)
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