January
1 Jan 1994 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) commenced
25 Jan 2014 Adam Goodes named Australian of the Year
26 Jan 1838 Waterloo Creek massacre(Kamilaroi people, NSW)
26 Jan 1938 William Cooper organises Day of Mourning
26 Jan 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy established in Canberra
26 Jan 1988 Bicentennial Protest – 40,000 march in Sydney
26 Jan Survival Day, Invasion Day, Australia Day, Yabun Festival
February
5 Feb 1972 Tent Embassy Petition to Parliament
12 Feb 1965 Freedom Ride bus leaves Sydney
13 Feb 2008 National Apology to the Stolen Generations
14 Feb 2004 TJ Hickey dies sparking Redfern riots
26 Feb 1968 Lional Rose wins World Bantamweight Title
March
21 Mar National Close the Gap Day (3rd Thursday of March)
21 Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 Mar 1829Aboriginal warrior Windradyne dies (Bathurst, NSW)
April
1 Apr 1897 Aboriginal resistance leader Jandamarra killed (WA)
15 Apr 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody final report
17 Apr 1816 Appin Massacre of men, women and children (Dharawal people)
May
1 May 1838 Slaughterhouse Creek massacre(Kamilaroi people)
24 May 2020 Destruction of Juukan Gorge rock shelters by Rio Tinto
26 May 1997 Bringing them home report tabled in Federal Parliament
26 May National Sorry Day
26 May 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart issued
27 May 1967 Referendum
27 May – 3 JunNational Reconciliation Week
28 May 2000 Reconciliation Walk over Harbour Bridge (250,000 attend)
29 May 1992 Torres Strait Flag Islander launched
June
3 Jun Mabo Day (High Court Mabo Decision 1992)
5 Jun 1831 Resistance warrior Tarenorerer (Walyer) dies (Tas)
10 Jun 1838 Myall Creek Massacre
10 Jun 1957 Palm Island Strike
11 Jun 1975 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) enacted
12 Jun 1988 Burunga Statement presented toPrime Minister Hawke
July
1 Jul The Coming of the Light festival(Torres Strait Islands)
2 Jul 1971Evonne Goolagong-Cawley wins Wimbledon
2-9 Jul 2024 NAIDOC Week
9 Jul 1971 Aboriginal flag first flown in Adelaide
August
4 Aug National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
9 Aug International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
14 & 28 Aug 1963 Yirrkala Bark Petitions presented to Parliament
14 Aug – 18 Oct 1928 Coniston Massacre on Warlpiri/Anmatyerr/Kaytetye lands
15 Aug 1971 Neville Bonner becomes first Aboriginal Member of Parliament
16 Aug 1975 Return of Gurindji land to the traditional owners (NT)
23 Aug 1966 Wave Hill Walk-Off (Gurindji Strike)
September
4 Sep Indigenous Literacy Day 2024
13 Sep 2007 Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
25 Sep 2000 Cathy Freeman wins gold in 400m
28 Sep 1983 John Pat dies in custody, prompting campaign for 1987 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
October
14 Oct 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum
26 Oct 1985 Uluru-Kata Tjuta title deeds returned to the Anangu people
28 Oct 1834 Pinjarra Massacre (WA)
31 Oct 1975 Proclamation of the Racial Discrimination Act
November
19 Nov 2004 Cameron Doomadgee dies in custody (Palm Island)
28 Nov 2023 Senator Pat Dodson (“Father of Reconciliation”) retires from Parliament
December
1 Dec 1976 Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls appointed Governor of South Australia
4 Dec 2000 Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Final Report released
10 Dec 1992 Redfern Park Speech delivered by Prime Minister Paul Keating
16 Dec 1976 Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act passed
23 Dec 1996 High Court handed down Wik Peoples v Queensland decision