1901
The Commonwealth of Australia formed a policy
that would change the history of Australia forever, the “White Australia
Policy”.
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What is the
“White Australia Policy”?
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How did it
affect indigenous Australians?
1909
Stolen Generation - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State Government
during the period between 1909 and 1969.
- What is the “Stolen Generation”? Why
did the Government remove those Children from their home?
- How many kids were taken from their
homes?
1939
- Were the aboriginals trusted?
- How was life back in Australia
for Aboriginals?
1948
The Commonwealth Citizenship and Nationality Act for the first time
gives a category of “Australian Citizenship” to all Australians, including all
Aborigines
- What
is The Commonwealth Citizenship and Nationality Act?
1949
Aboriginal people are given the right to enrol and vote in Commonwealth
elections if they are enrolled for State elections or have served in the Armed
Forces.
- When were all Aboriginal people given the rights
to vote?
1958
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines (later changed to
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders)
was established.
- What
was the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines for?
- Did
it make any changes to how Aboriginals were being treated?
1967
90.77% of Australian community voted "yes" for
the to count Aboriginal people
in the census and give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal
people.
- When was the first census including Aboriginal
people?
1971
Neville Bonner becomes the first ever
Indigenous Australian to have a place in the parliament while he was filling a
senate vacancy.
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Who is
Neville Bonner?
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How did the
parliament treat him?
1972
The Whitlam Government sets up Department of
Aboriginal Affairs (DAA) and introduced ‘self-determination’ as a key guiding
principle in Aboriginal Affairs policy-making.
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What is the
new Aboriginal policy of self-determination?
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What did the
Australian public think about this new policy.
1976
The Fraser Government passes Aboriginal Land
Rights Acts, by letting aboriginals in the Northern Territory to claim land if
they have connections with the land.
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What was this
Acts about?
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What was the
significance of this event?
1985
Uluru and its name are given back to the
Aboriginals.
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What was the
history behind the return of Uluru to the Aboriginals?
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What happened
to Uluru as a tourist destination?
1991
The process of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
people started.
- What is reconciliation?
1992
Prime Minister Keating makes a speech known as
the “Red fern Park Speech,” accepting responsibility of the past mistreatment
of Aboriginals by the white people.
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What did he
say?
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What was the
reaction of Aboriginals?
2008
Kevin Rudd gives an official apology to the
Aboriginals of Australia for all of their past mistreatment.
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How
significant was Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Aboriginals?