ATSI Rights (1900 - 2019)

By gglasson

  • Stolen Generations 1910-1970

    Between 1910-1970, many Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies. The generations of children removed under these policies became known as the Stolen Generations.

  • Right to Vote Federally

    The Commonwealth Electoral Act is amended to give franchise to all Aboriginal people, extending the right to vote to Aboriginal people in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. This was HUGE. however, with the processes involved, aboriginals couldn't actually vote for another 8 years

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights

  • 1967 Referendum

    In the Commonwealth 1967 Referendum more than 90% vote to empower the Commonwealth to legislate for all Aboriginal people and open means for them to be counted in the census. this is big because from then on. Aboriginals were counted as Australians

  • Eddie Mabo and Native Title

    Eddie Mabo was an Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius ("land belonging to nothing, no one") which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title.

  • Paul Keating Speech

    Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating at Redfern Park in Redfern, New South Wales. The speech dealt with the challenges faced by Indigenous Australians.

  • Bringing Them Home Report

    Bringing Them Home is the title of the Australian Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. The report marked a pivotal moment in the controversy that has come to be known as the Stolen Generations.

  • Sorry Day

    National Sorry Day is an annual event that has been held in Australia on May 26, since 1998, to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the indigenous population by white Australia.

  • Kevin rudd Sorry speech 2008