Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act is passed, prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, descent or ethnic origin.
A mass anti-Chinese meeting is held in Hyde Park, Sydney.
Coalition Government is elected – retains non-discriminatory immigration policy and begins to raise immigration targets.
Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (DIEA) is established.
Australian Population and Immigration Council is established to evaluate demographic trends and the social and economic impact of migration on Australia.
Office of the Commissioner for Community Relations is established.
Commonwealth Schools Commission Report 1976-78 endorses notion of education for cultural pluralism. Funding for English as a Second Language programs is transferred from DIEA to Schools Commission.
National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation is formed.
Aboriginal Children’s Service is established in New South Wales – an Indigenous community-controlled service for the care and placement of Indigenous children.
Gurindji people gain leasehold title to part of Wave Hill Station.
New South Wales Ethnic Communities’ Council is established.
The Italian Radio Paesani is launched in Adelaide; it is the first station in Australia to broadcast a program in a language other than English. Other ethnic radio stations follow.
Timorese refugees flee to Australia after Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
In the period, 1975-1984 Australia resettles over 90,000 Indo-Chinese refugees under the humanitarian element of the migration program.
Vic Chapman achieves the distinction of becoming the first Aboriginal person in NSW to be appointed as a School Principal.
