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St Mary MacKillop

Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic

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1945: Destruction of Nagasaki by atomic bomb

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Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence

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Saint Clare

Saint Clare

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International Youth Day

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Saint Maximillian Kolbe

1963: Bark petition from Yirrkala presented to Parliament

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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1903: Death of William Barak, Aboriginal leader and co-founder of the Coranderrk Settlement, Victoria

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1975: Return of Wave Hill Station, NT to the Gurindji People

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1971: Swearing-in of Senator Neville Bonner as the first Aboriginal Australian to hold a seat in Federal Parliament

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Saint Alberto Hurtado SJ

1978: Tiwi Land Council established

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World Humanitarian Day

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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1943: Election of the first women members of the Australian Parliament: Enid Lyons (House of Representatives) and Dorothy Tangney (Senate)

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International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

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1996: Death of Margaret Tucker, Indigenous Australian activist and writer

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1966: Gurindji strike or Wave Hill Walk-off, beginning the longest strike in Australian history

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2001: Rescue of 433 asylum seekers by MV Tampa

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1999: Death of Dom Helder Camara

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Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Social Justice Sunday

International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearances

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1815: Founding of Sisters of Charity by Mary Aikenhead

National Wattle Day

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1991: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act passed by Parliament

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Saint Gregory the Great

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Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)

2013: Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers

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