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Pages in category "Australian indigenous rights activists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 201 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
By 1962–65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were granted universal suffrage. Specifically, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 gave all Aboriginal people the option of enrolling to vote in federal elections, [1] whereas the previous Commonwealth Electoral Act 1949 gave Aboriginal people the right to vote in federal elections only if they were able to vote in their state elections.
Eddie Mabo (1936 - 1992) an iconic Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for successfully championing Indigenous land rights into Australian law. Joe McGinness (1914 - 2003) a Larrakia and Kungarakany man and Aboriginal rights activist; Val McGinness (1910 - 1988) a Larrakia and Kungarakany man and Aboriginal rights ...
Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential ...
Loris Elaine Williams (1949–2005) was an Australian archivist and activist who supported the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and used archives to help promote family, country and Indigenous identity. She became the first Aboriginal person from Queensland to earn professional archival qualifications and was only the ...
STORY: They're keeping up their fight for a voice from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, a campsite near the Old Parliament House in Australia's capital city of Canberra and the world's longest running ...
The Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 (SA) established the South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT). [14] This was the first major recognition of Aboriginal land rights by any Australian government, [15] and predated the 1967 Referendum. It allowed for parcels of Aboriginal land previously held by the SA Government, to be handed to the ...
Thomas Mayo (né Mayor, born c. 1977) is an Australian human rights advocate, a trade union official and an award-winning author.As an Australian of Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal and Erubamle Torres Strait Islander ancestry, Mayo is a signatory of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.