Nations International Year for Action to Combat Racism is held
Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time in Victoria Square, Adelaide.
Aboriginal people are counted in the Census for the first time.
Senator Neville Bonner becomes the first Aboriginal Member of Federal Parliament, as a senator from Queensland.
New South Wales Aboriginal Legal Service is established.
Principals of schools in New South Wales are no longer able to exclude Aboriginal children because of home conditions or community opposition.
