U3 AOS2 DATES

Question 1

when was the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League formed in Melbourne?

Answer 1

1957

Question 2

when was the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (later FCAATSI) formed in Adelaide?

Answer 2

1958

Question 3

when was oral contraception introduced in AUS?

Answer 3

1961

Question 4

when was the Commonwealth Electoral Act amended?

Answer 4

1962, this change granted all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the option to enrol and vote in federal elections.

Question 5

when was freedom Ride in northern NSW, organised by Charles Perkins and SAFA?

Answer 5

1965

Question 6

when did Merle Thornton + Rosalie Bogner chain themselves to a public bar at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane?

Answer 6

1965

Question 7

when was the marriage bar lifted in the Commonwealth Public service?

Answer 7

1966

Question 8

when was the referendum?

Answer 8

1967 referendum passes with 90.77% support

Question 9

when did Zelda d’Aprano chain herself to the Commonwealth Building in Melb?

Answer 9

1969

Question 10

when was the stonewall riots in NY

Answer 10

1969

Question 11

when was the Campaign Against Moral Persecution Inc (CAMP) formed in Sydney?

Answer 11

1970

Question 12

when did Justice Blackburn rule against Yolngu claims of native title to prevent mining on their land in the NT?

Answer 12

1971

Question 13

when was Dennis Altman’s ‘Homosexuality: Oppression and liberation’ published?

Answer 13

1971

Question 14

when was the Aboriginal Tent Embassy established outside Parliament House in Canberra?

Answer 14

1972

Question 15

when was the Wave Hill hand back?

Answer 15

1975

Question 16

when was the Family Law Act passed?

Answer 16

Family Law Act 1975 passes in 1975, allowing no-fault divorce

Question 17

when was the Racial Discrimination Act enacted?

Answer 17

1975

Question 18

when was homosexuality beginning to be decriminalised in AUS (starting with SA)?

Answer 18

1975

Question 19

when was the dismissal of the Whitlam government?

Answer 19

1975

Question 20

when was the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) enacted?

Answer 20

1976

Question 21

when was the First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras held in Sydney?

Answer 21

1978

Question 22

when did VIC decriminalise homosexuality (5 years after SA)?

Answer 22

1980

Question 23

when was the first Australian HIV/AIDS diagnosis (year after US)?

Answer 23

1982

Question 24

when did the Mabo case begin?

Answer 24

1982

Question 25

when was the Prices and Incomes Accord (the Accord) is enacted?

Answer 25

1983

Question 26

when was the Sex Discrimination Act enacted?

Answer 26

1984

Question 27

when was the Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunity for Women) Act enacted?

Answer 27

1986

Question 28

when did the bicentennial celebrations and protests occur?

Answer 28

1988