AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ISSUES

From the years between World War II and the 1970s there was increasing activism from Aboriginal Australians to improve their standards of life that was denied to them by white Australians before. Since the referendum of 1967 for the equal rights of Aborigines, Indigenous and white Australians alike became aware of the inequalities for human rights of Aborigines that existed and took the necessary steps toward reconciliation and to advance the cause of the Aboriginal people. Three significant steps among the many since include the Tent Embassy established by Aboriginal activists in Canberra in January 1972, the passing of High Court decision on the Mabo decision in June 1991, and most recently Corroboree 2000 held in January 2000.
The Tent Embassy, erected on 26 January 1972 on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra, is a strong example of organised and passionate Aboriginal activism which marked the point in Australia's history by the new generation of Aboriginal people. This emba...