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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221201T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221201T235959
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SUMMARY:1961: First raising of the Morning Star flag\, West Papua
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1961 the West Papuan national flag\, the Morning Star was first raised. Although the Netherlands’ plans for West Papuan independence at that time did not come to fruition\, the flag prepared for an independent West Papua continues to be a symbol of the desire for self determination and independence for the West Papuan people. \n\n\n\nFind out more at West Papua Flag Day
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1961-first-raising-of-the-morning-star-flag-west-papua-2022-12-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221201T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221201T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201027T223552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T223552Z
UID:4070-1669852800-1669939199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1976: Appointment of Sir Douglas Nicholls as Governor of South Australia\, first Aboriginal person to hold vice-regal office
DESCRIPTION:“A trailblazer who won hearts around the nation\, the achievements of Sir Douglas Nicholls KCVO OBE JP are many and varied\, taking in the fields of sport\, politics and social justice. He broke new ground — as the first Indigenous Australian to receive a knighthood in 1972\, and the first to be appointed to vice-regal office\, when he became Governor of South Australia in 1976.” Aboriginal Victoria\, Sir Douglas Nicholls KCVO OBE JP: A Trailblazer Who Won Hearts Around the Nation
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1976-appointment-of-sir-douglas-nicholls-as-governor-of-south-australia-first-aboriginal-person-to-hold-vice-regal-office-2022-12-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221202T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221202T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201027T225532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T225532Z
UID:4073-1669939200-1670025599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2000: 350\,000 people walk for reconciliation in Melbourne and Perth
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne walk\, starting at Flinders Street Station and finishing at King’s Domain gardens\, drew as many as 300\,000 people. \n\n\n\nThe bridge walk and similar events across Australia were enormously important in showing that public sentiment was moving towards support for more concrete steps in the reconciliation process. Though the event was organised by Aboriginal people those taking part were from all sections of the Australian community. \n\n\n\nImportantly\, the walks were not a protest but a peaceful demonstration that reflected a shift in the public mood and a growing awareness of the importance of reconciliation and a need for a national apology. \n\n\n\nWalk for reconciliation\, National Museum Australia \n\n\n\nFor reflection\n\n\n\nDid you\, or someone you know\, participate in a walk for reconciliation? How did you / they feel that day? And how do you / they feel about action for reconciliation now? \n\n\n\nTewnty years later\, how might we take up and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2000-350000-people-walk-for-reconciliation-in-melbourne-and-perth-2022-12-02/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201027T233356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T233356Z
UID:4076-1670112000-1670198399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2000: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Final Report presented
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the year 2000\, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation handed its final report to the national Parliament at a ceremonial event at Parliament House in Canberra. This letter contained in the full report provides an overview of the decade-long work of the Council and a way forward for the nation to achieve reconciliation. \n\n\n\nRead the full report at the Australian Legal Information Institute. 
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2000-council-for-aboriginal-reconciliation-final-report-presented-2022-12-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T015507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T015517Z
UID:4079-1670284800-1670371199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
DESCRIPTION:Children all over the world know him and love him. In Germany\, he’s Kriss Kringle. In France\, he’s Pere Noel. British children call him Father Christmas. Of course\, you know him as Santa Claus. \n\n\n\nHe’s got another name – it’s an ancient one that goes back hundreds of years. It’s one of the very first names people called him: St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was the bishop of Myra which is in the country we now call Turkey. Nicholas was loved for one reason. He loved. He loved God and God’s people so much that he would do anything for them. \n\n\n\nSt. Nicholas showed his gratitude for God’s gifts by giving to others. What gifts can your family share with those in need?  \n\n\n\nSource: Loyola Press.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-nicholas-santa-claus-2022-12-06/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221207T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221207T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201208T065259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201208T065308Z
UID:4081-1670371200-1670457599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1965: Vatican II Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes ('Joys and Hopes')
DESCRIPTION:“The joys and the hopes\, the griefs and the anxieties of the people of this age\, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted\, these are the joys and hopes\, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ.” (#1) – Second Vatican Council\, 1965 \n\n\n\nThe Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 7 December 1965. Read an introduction to Gaudium et Spes here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1965-vatican-ii-pastoral-constitution-gaudium-et-spes-joys-and-hopes-2022-12-07/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221210T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221210T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T005646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T005646Z
UID:4161-1670630400-1670716799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1992: Redfern Speech by Prime Minister Paul Keating
DESCRIPTION:“It begins\, I think with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers. We practised discrimination and exclusion. It was our ignorance and our prejudice.” – Former Prime Minister Paul Keating\, Redfern Speech\, 1992 \n\n\n\nOn 10 December 1992\, Prime Minister Paul Keating delivered a speech to the large crowd gathered in Redfern Park for the launch of the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It was a historic moment for Australia. In his speech\, Keating explicitly acknowledged the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. It was the first time a prime minister spoke about the dispossession\, violence and prejudice perpetrated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. \n\n\n\nRead Paul Keating’s Speech Transcript via ANTAR’s website.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1992-redfern-speech-by-prime-minister-paul-keating-2022-12-10/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221210T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221210T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T005912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T005912Z
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SUMMARY:1948: Adoption of United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by reading a simplified version [PDF  ] or the illustrated booklet of the Declaration\, or watching the Declaration in sign languages.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1948-adoption-of-united-nations-declaration-of-human-rights-2022-12-10/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221212T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221212T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T010940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T010940Z
UID:4166-1670803200-1670889599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1831: Founding of Sisters of Mercy by Catherine McAuley
DESCRIPTION:Catherine McAuley was born in Dublin\, Ireland\, in 1778. In 1824 she used her inheritance from an Irish couple she had served for twenty years to build a large House of Mercy where she and other lay women would shelter homeless women\, reach out to the sick and dying and educate poor girls. The House on Baggot Street opened in 1827. To give these efforts greater stability\, Catherine and her co-workers founded a new religious congregation. On 12 December 1831\, she and two others professed their vows as the first Sisters of Mercy. Before her death on 11 November 1841\, Catherine founded convents and works of mercy throughout Ireland and England. \n\n\n\nSource: Mercy International Association
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1831-founding-of-sisters-of-mercy-by-catherine-mcauley-2022-12-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221221T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221221T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T011949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T011949Z
UID:4183-1671580800-1671667199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1993: Passage of Native Title Bill by the Australian Senate
DESCRIPTION:The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) is a law passed by the Australian Parliament that recognises the rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in land and waters according to their traditional laws and customs. It established a process for claiming and recognising native title lands and waters in Australia. The NTA aims to balance Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ rights to land\, and sets out how native title rights and interests fit within Australian law.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1993-passage-of-native-title-bill-by-the-australian-senate-2022-12-21/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T012312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012312Z
UID:4184-1671753600-1671839999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1901: Enactment of Immigration Restriction Act (White Australian Policy)
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the 19th century\, Australian colonies had concerns about who was migrating to Australia. With a rise in the number of migrants from China and the Pacific\, many colonies passed tough immigration legislation. The Immigration Restriction Act was one of the first Commonwealth laws passed after Federation. It was based on the existing laws of the colonies. The aim of the law was to limit non-white (particularly Asian) immigration to Australia\, to help keep Australia ‘British’. The ‘White Australia Policy’ was not fully removed until 1972.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1901-enactment-of-immigration-restriction-act-white-australian-policy-2022-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T012517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012517Z
UID:4185-1671753600-1671839999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1996: Wik High Court decision
DESCRIPTION:In The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The Thayorre People v The State of Queensland & Ors [1996] HCA 40 (‘Wik’)\, the High Court held that native title rights could coexist on land held by pastoral leaseholders. The High Court decided that: \n\n\n\n– a pastoral lease does not necessarily confer rights of exclusive possession on the pastoralist– the rights and obligations of the pastoralist depend on the terms of the lease and the law under which it was granted; – the mere grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish any remaining native title rights– if there is any inconsistency between the rights of the native title holders and the rights of the pastoralist\, the rights of the native title holders must yield.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1996-wik-high-court-decision-2022-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221230T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221230T235959
DTSTAMP:20260523T032640
CREATED:20201209T015204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T015204Z
UID:4190-1672358400-1672444799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1987: Pope John Paul II's encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis ('On Social Concerns')
DESCRIPTION:“Pope John Paul II’s 1987 social encyclical Sollicitudo rei Socialis marks the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. Sollicitudo rei Socialis is also known by the English title On Social Concerns. It was the first major Catholic Social Teaching document to mark the anniversary of a social encyclical other than Rerum Novarum.” Source: Social Spirituality \n\n\n\nRead an introduction to Sollicitudo rei Socialis \n\n\n\nRead full text of Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1987-pope-john-paul-iis-encyclical-sollicitudo-rei-socialis-on-social-concerns-2022-12-30/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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