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Year Country Category title
30 October 2025 Australia Racism Victoria's Parliament passes statewide Treaty legislation
26 November 2024 Australia Racism The Human Rights Commission launches a national antiracism framework
14 October 2023 Australia Racism The referendum on an Indigenous Voice is defeated
26 October 2019 Australia Racism The closure of the Uluru climb takes effect
26 May 2017 Australia Racism The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for Voice and Makarrata
13 February 2008 Australia Racism Australia apologizes to the Stolen Generations
21 June 2007 Australia Racism The Northern Territory Intervention is announced
11 December 2005 Australia Racism Racist violence erupts at Cronulla
15 September 2000 Australia Racism Cathy Freeman lights the Sydney Olympic cauldron
28 May 2000 Australia Racism A mass walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge calls for reconciliation
26 May 1998 Australia Racism The first National Sorry Day remembers the Stolen Generations
26 May 1997 Australia Racism Bringing Them Home documents the forced removal of Indigenous children
23 December 1996 Australia Racism The Wik judgment recognizes possible coexistence of land rights
24 December 1993 Australia Racism The Native Title Act receives royal assent
17 April 1993 Australia Racism Nicky Winmar publicly confronts racism in Australian football
10 December 1992 Australia Racism The Redfern speech acknowledges responsibility for Indigenous dispossession
3 June 1992 Australia Racism The Mabo judgment recognizes native title and rejects terra nullius
15 April 1991 Australia Racism The deaths-in-custody commission signs its final report
8 December 1988 Australia Racism Mabo No. 1 blocks Queensland's attempt to extinguish islanders' claims
26 January 1988 Australia Racism First Nations marchers challenge the bicentenary of colonization
26 October 1985 Australia Racism Uluru and Kata Tjuta are handed back to Aṉangu
26 September 1982 Australia Racism Land-rights marchers challenge the Commonwealth Games image
20 May 1982 Australia Racism Meriam claimants begin the Mabo land case
16 December 1976 Australia Racism The Northern Territory land rights law receives assent
16 August 1975 Australia Racism The Gurindji land handback recognizes years of collective struggle
11 June 1975 Australia Racism The Racial Discrimination Act receives assent
26 January 1972 Australia Racism Aboriginal activists establish the Tent Embassy in Canberra
27 May 1967 Australia Racism A referendum approves constitutional changes affecting Aboriginal people
23 August 1966 Australia Racism Gurindji workers and families begin the Wave Hill Walk-Off
12 February 1965 Australia Racism The Australian Freedom Ride leaves Sydney
14 August 1963 Australia Racism The first Yirrkala bark petition is tabled in Parliament
21 May 1962 Australia Racism Federal voting reform removes racial exclusion from enrolment eligibility
16 February 1958 Australia Racism An Adelaide conference forms the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement
1 May 1946 Australia Racism Aboriginal pastoral workers begin the Pilbara strike
4 February 1939 Australia Racism Cummeragunja residents walk off the reserve
6 December 1938 Australia Racism William Cooper’s delegation protests Nazi persecution
26 January 1938 Australia Racism Aboriginal activists hold a Day of Mourning
12 June 1902 Australia Racism Federal voting rights expand while racial exclusions remain
23 December 1901 Australia Racism The Immigration Restriction Act establishes racial exclusion
18 December 1838 Australia Racism Seven perpetrators of the Myall Creek massacre are executed
30 November 1838 Australia Racism A second trial convicts Myall Creek perpetrators
10 June 1838 Australia Racism Settlers massacre Wirrayaraay people at Myall Creek
28 October 1834 Australia Racism Colonial forces massacre Bindjareb people at Pinjarra