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
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
Friday 3rd May 2013
Today is the 148th Candle Light Walk (for Treaty and the Bill of Rights) around Government House, Adelaide
Friday 3rd May 2013
On this day in 1990 the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was established
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.
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
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.
Friday 5th April 2013
Today is the 147th Candle Light Walk (for Treaty and the Bill of Rights) around Government House, Adelaide
Monday 1st April 2013
Aboriginal freedom fighter and leader of the Bunuba resistance, ’Jandamarra’ was killed on this day in 1897 in Western Australia
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
Saturday 23rd March 2013
On this day in 2005 the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was abolished
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
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
Thursday 21st March 2013
Today is National Close the Gap Day
A landmark campaign – the largest of its kind – Investing for a healthy future
Tuesday 19th March 2013
Today is the 14th Anniversary of the 1999 United Nations finding of the ’Wik’ Native Title amendments discriminatory
Friday 1st March 2013
Today is the 146th Candle Light Walk (for Treaty and the Bill of Rights) around Government House, Adelaide
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