2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

8 05 2013

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Today is the 16th Anniversary of the 1997 announcement of the Anti-Wik Native Title Claimant ’10 Point Plan’

John Howard’s Amended Wik 10-Point Plan

 





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

3 05 2013

Friday 3rd May 2013

Today is the 148th Candle Light Walk (for Treaty and the Bill of Rights) around Government House, Adelaide

Justice & Peace Candle Walks 2000





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

3 05 2013

Friday 3rd May 2013

On this day in 1990 the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was established

ATSIC Act 1989





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

1 05 2013

Wednesday 1st May 2013

Today is the 67th Anniversary of the Pilbara Aboriginal Stockmen’s Strike in Western Australia (1946)

Creative Spirits – Australia’s Longest Strike





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

15 04 2013

Monday 15th April 2013

Today is the 22nd Anniversary of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 112

The Royal Commission produced a number of reports, including individual reports for each death investigated. These were presented separately as they were completed. The Commission also produced an Interim Report, which was presented on 21 December 1988. The final report, signed on 15 April 1991, made 339 recommendations, mainly concerned with procedures for persons in custody, liaison with Aboriginal groups, police education and improved accessibility to information. Many of the reports are available on the website of the Australasian Legal Information Institute.





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

12 04 2013

Friday 12th April 2013

Today is the 29th Anniversary of the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984, statuatory Land Rights giving the Maralinga Lands back to the Maralinga Tjarutja Traditional Owners

Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

7 04 2013

Sunday 7th April 2013

Today is World Health Day

World Health Organisation





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

5 04 2013

Friday 5th April 2013

Today is the 16th Anniversary of the Bringing them home: The ‘Stolen Children’ Report (1997) highlighting the attrocities of the Stolen Generations

Human Rights Commission ‘Bringing Them Home’ Report

Comprehensively tracing the past laws, practices and policies affecting the lives of Indigenous peoples is crucial to Australia’s understanding of its history.

Society cannot simply block out a chapter of its history; it cannot deny the facts of its past, however differently these may be interpreted. Inevitably, the void would be filled with lies or with conflicting, confusing versions of the past. A nation’s unity depends on a shared identity, which in turn depends largely on a shared memory. The truth also brings a measure of healthy social catharsis and helps to prevent the past from reoccurring.





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

5 04 2013

Friday 5th April 2013

Today is the 147th Candle Light Walk (for Treaty and the Bill of Rights) around Government House, Adelaide

Justice & Peace Candle Walks 2000





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

1 04 2013

Monday 1st April 2013

Aboriginal freedom fighter and leader of the Bunuba resistance, ’Jandamarra’ was killed on this day in 1897 in Western Australia

Australian Geographic Jandamarra Article





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

26 03 2013

Tuesday 26th March 2013

32nd Anniversary of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981- inalienable statuatory land rights assured to Anangu, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara peoples over their Traditional Lands

South Australian Consolidated Acts





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

23 03 2013

Saturday 23rd March 2013

On this day in 2005 the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was abolished

Gary Foley’s ATSIC: Flaws in the Machine Essay 1999





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

22 03 2013

Friday 22nd March 2013

Today is World Water Day

The United Nations designates March 22 as the day of the year when we spotlight the global safe water and sanitation issue and the collective efforts underway to get solutions to those struggling and in need

Water Day





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

21 03 2013

Thursday 21st March 2013

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – World Harmony Day

“Racism continues to cause suffering for millions of people around the world…. I look to all people to join the United Nations in our drive to eliminate racism. We must, individually and collectively, stamp out racism, stigma and prejudice.” ~ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon United Nations

United Nations Events





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

21 03 2013

Thursday 21st March 2013

Today is National Close the Gap Day

A landmark campaign – the largest of its kind – Investing for a healthy future





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

19 03 2013

Tuesday 19th March 2013

Today is the 14th Anniversary of the 1999 United Nations finding of the ’Wik’ Native Title amendments discriminatory

Number 16 of the Issues Papers Series





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

8 03 2013

Friday 8th March 2013

Today is International Women’s Day

The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum

 





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

1 03 2013

Friday 1st March 2013

Today is the 146th Candle Light Walk (for Treaty and the Bill of Rights) around Government House, Adelaide

Justice & Peace Candle Walks 2000





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

20 02 2013

Wednesday 20th February 2013

World Day of Social Justice

United Nations Events Social Justice Day





2013 Australia – Significant Aboriginal Dates in Aboriginal History

19 02 2013

Tuesday 19th February 2013

Wodlianni Day: 177th Anniversary of the 1836 Letters Patent of King William IV, the founding document that established South Australia under Aboriginal Land Rights in granting for always, to all descendants, legal right to occupy and enjoy their lands

History South Australia








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