1997: First Sea of Hands, Canberra
The first Sea of Hands was held on the 12 October 1997, in front of Parliament House, Canberra. Hands in the colors of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags… Read More »1997: First Sea of Hands, Canberra
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Anti-Poverty Week
Anti-Poverty Week was established in 2002 by the Social Justice Project at the UNSW, led by Professor Julian Disney. It was inspired by the United Nations International Day for the… Read More »Anti-Poverty Week
2001: Sinking of refugee boat SIEV X
On 19 October 2001, 353 people, mostly women and children, drowned on the high seas trying to reach Australia in a small, dilapidated, grossly overloaded fishing boat that would later… Read More »2001: Sinking of refugee boat SIEV X
1985: Return of Uluru to the traditional owners, the Anangu people
On 26 October 1985 the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen, handed over title for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to the Traditional Owners of the area – the… Read More »1985: Return of Uluru to the traditional owners, the Anangu people
2019: Ban on climbing Uluru comes into force
On this day the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management decision to close the climb to the top of Uluru came into force. The Board is made up of… Read More »2019: Ban on climbing Uluru comes into force
1834: Battle of Pinjara, WA
One hundred years after the Battle of Pinjarra, someone writing under the nome de plume 'Cygney' recounted the story in The West Australian newspaper. What do you make of this… Read More »1834: Battle of Pinjara, WA
1907: Harvester minimum wage judgement by Justice Higgins
"In 1907 Justice Henry Bourne Higgins, President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court, set the first federally arbitrated wages standard in Australia. Higgins’s ruling became the basis for setting… Read More »1907: Harvester minimum wage judgement by Justice Higgins
1975: Dismissal of the Whitlam Government
"On 11 November 1975, after a series of dramatic events including a 1974 double dissolution and a budgetary supply crisis, the Gough Whitlam-led federal Labor government became the first (and… Read More »1975: Dismissal of the Whitlam Government
1964: Passage of National Service Act by Australian Parliament
An Act to amend the National Service Act 1951-1957. The National Service Act 1964, was an Australian federal law, passed on 24 November 1964, which required 20-year-old males to serve… Read More »1964: Passage of National Service Act by Australian Parliament