U3 AOS2 DATES Flashcards
when was the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League formed in Melbourne?
1957
when was the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (later FCAATSI) formed in Adelaide?
1958
when was oral contraception introduced in AUS?
1961
when was the Commonwealth Electoral Act amended?
1962, this change granted all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the option to enrol and vote in federal elections.
when was freedom Ride in northern NSW, organised by Charles Perkins and SAFA?
1965
when did Merle Thornton + Rosalie Bogner chain themselves to a public bar at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane?
1965
when was the marriage bar lifted in the Commonwealth Public service?
1966
when was the referendum?
1967 referendum passes with 90.77% support
when did Zelda d’Aprano chain herself to the Commonwealth Building in Melb?
1969
when was the stonewall riots in NY
1969
when was the Campaign Against Moral Persecution Inc (CAMP) formed in Sydney?
1970
when did Justice Blackburn rule against Yolngu claims of native title to prevent mining on their land in the NT?
1971
when was Dennis Altman’s ‘Homosexuality: Oppression and liberation’ published?
1971
when was the Aboriginal Tent Embassy established outside Parliament House in Canberra?
1972
when was the Wave Hill hand back?
1975
when was the Family Law Act passed?
Family Law Act 1975 passes in 1975, allowing no-fault divorce
when was the Racial Discrimination Act enacted?
1975
when was homosexuality beginning to be decriminalised in AUS (starting with SA)?
1975
when was the dismissal of the Whitlam government?
1975
when was the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) enacted?
1976
when was the First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras held in Sydney?
1978
when did VIC decriminalise homosexuality (5 years after SA)?
1980
when was the first Australian HIV/AIDS diagnosis (year after US)?
1982
when did the Mabo case begin?
1982
