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1965: First Indochinese refugees allowed to settle in Australia

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National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day

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St Mary MacKillop

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1963: Bark petition from Yirrkala presented to Parliament

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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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1978: Tiwi Land Council established

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

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

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2001: Rescue of 433 asylum seekers by MV Tampa

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Social Justice Sunday

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National Wattle Day

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1991: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act passed by Parliament

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