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The Queenslannd Government establishes Cherbourg
An aboriginal town -
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Indigenous Queensland Timeline
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Maternity allowance is introduced, but does not include aboriginal people
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The Queensland Government establishes an Aboriginal station
Palm Island- in the Plam Isles -
Aboriginal population in Queensland rises to 20, 595.
It is Widely believed to be a 'dying race' -
Queensland Protector of Aboriginals recommends to the Federal Government that Aboriginal people be assimilated
Where they are in contact with European society and that inviolable reserves be established for tribal people. -
Queensland passes legislation allowing Aboriginal people to receive workers' compensation
As a result of the 1937 conference.
Also as a result of this conference a Native Branch is set up in the Northern Territory. -
Aboriginal children need a medical certificate to attend a public school
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Aboriginal people in Queensland are given to the right to vote in federal electrons
Aboriginal people are not made to register but once they have voting is compulsory -
Police evict residents at Mapoon, Queensland
The people are taken to other reserves and their settlement is burned down, to allow mining by Comalco. -
Charles Perkins and Margaret Valerian are the first Aboriginal University graduates
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All states except Queensland, abandon laws and policies that discriminate against Aboriginal people