Committee on Overseas Qualifications | UN Aboriginal delegation | N.S.W. Aboriginal Welfare Board

1900s

Anti-discrimination legislation | Anti discrimination bills | Wave Hill Station strike | Award wages for Aboriginal workers | Immigration policy | 120,000 migrants/year | First Aboriginal Australian to gain a university degree

Australia signs the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. South Australia passes Aboriginal Lands Trust Bill and the Prohibition of Discrimination Bill, the first state act prohibiting discrimination on grounds of race, colour or country of origin. South

Freedom ride | ALP drops White Australia Policy

‘Freedom Ride’ by Aboriginal people and students is led by Charles Perkins into north-western New South Wales in support of Aboriginal rights. The ride demonstrates the extent of discrimination against Aboriginal people in country towns, including refusal of service in

Protest by Yirrkala people

Yirrkala Aboriginal people from Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, protest to the Commonwealth Government about part of their reserve land being given over for mining.

Aboriginal vote

The Commonwealth Electoral Act is amended to give franchise to all Aboriginal people; that is, it extends the right to vote to Aboriginal people in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Native Welfare Conference | Institute of Aboriginal Studies

Conference of Native Welfare Ministers agrees to strategies to assist assimilation of Aboriginal people. These include the removal of discriminatory legislation and restrictive practices, the incorporation of Aboriginal people into the economy through welfare measures and education and training and