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Disarmament Week

1985: Return of Uluru to the traditional owners, the Anangu people

2019: Ban on climbing Uluru comes into force

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3 events,

1834: Battle of Pinjara, WA

Saints Simon and Jude

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1 event,

1 event,

World Cities Day

1 event,

All Saints Day

All Saints Day

1 event,

All Souls’ Day

0 events,

2 events,

Saint Charles Borromeo

Day of Prayer for Anglican-Roman Catholic Reconciliation

1 event,

World Tsunami Awareness Day

1 event,

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

0 events,

1 event,

1907: Harvester minimum wage judgement by Justice Higgins

1 event,

3 events,

Saint Leo the Great

World Science Day for Peace and Development

1995: Execution of nine Nigerian environmentalists and human rights activists

2 events,

Remembrance (Armistice) Day, commemorating the end of World War I in 1918

1975: Dismissal of the Whitlam Government

2 events,

1991: Dili Massacre, Timor-Leste: more than 271 people killed

Saint Josaphat

Saint Josaphat

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1 event,

World Diabetes Day

0 events,

2 events,

1989: Murder of six Jesuit priests and two co-workers in El Salvador

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0 events,

1 event,

World Toilet Day

2 events,

Universal Children’s Day

1959: Adoption by UN of the Declaration of Rights of the Child

2 events,

World Television Day

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0 events,

2 events,

Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and companions

1964: Passage of National Service Act by Australian Parliament

2 events,

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

1981: UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

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1 event,

1998: Award of the first Sydney Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus

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3 events,

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1986: Meeting of Saint John Paul II with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Alice Springs

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

1980: Death of Dorothy Day, Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement

3 events,

Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew

1971: Synod of Bishops’ Statement “Justice in the World”

Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare

2 events,

1976: Appointment of Sir Douglas Nicholls as Governor of South Australia, first Aboriginal person to hold vice-regal office

1961: First raising of the Morning Star flag, West Papua

2 events,

International Day for Abolition of Slavery

2000: 350,000 people walk for reconciliation in Melbourne and Perth

1 event,

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities

1 event,

2000: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Final Report presented

2 events,

International Volunteer Day

World Soil Day (WSD)

1 event,