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Government agreed to provide welfare payments to Aborigines under the Social Services act

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All Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders were given the right to vote in federal elections

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The Australian Freedom Riders:
They toured regional New South Wales
- Began: fact-finding mission by a group known as the Student Action for Aborigines
- Ended: genuine protest against segregation across Australia

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The Wave Hill walk-off:
Was caused by the British Vestey Company's refusal to pay the Gurindji farm workers wages of $25 per week

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Lingiari & other Gurindji leaders petitioned to the governor-general

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They achieved equal pay with other Australians --> however some Aborigines were sacked due to their bosses not being able to afford the higher wages

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'The Gurindji Blues' was a song written by Ted Edgan who was a white folk artist --> It was created to support the fight for acceptance of the Gurindji people

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The walk-off had finally come to an end

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Prime Minister Gough Whitlam handed over 3300 square kms of land to the Gurindji people

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Act 1976:
Granted the Gurindji and other Aboriginal tribes in the Northern Territory title to some of their traditional land

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1967 Referendum:
The Liberal Government of Harold Holt had rejected the land rights claim of the Gurindji -->

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The terra nullius established at the time of British settlement meant that there would be no acknowledgement to the Aboriginals rights to land

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The Whitlam government was elected --> Self determination was the framework for Aboriginal Affairs policy

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After Gough Whitlam had left office the Fraser government passed the Aboriginal Land Rights Act --> The Gurindji and other tribes in the Northern Territory were officially granted land

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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was fixed on the lawn in front of the Australian parliament --> to ensure the issue of Aboriginal rights was kept in the public eye

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1976 Referendum:
the referendum had brought administrative responsibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the Commonwealth --> however people felt as the they still needed an acknowledgement of traditional ownership