The Indigenous Artist Magazine Issue 7- Oct-Nov 2017 | Page 47

28 October 1834

Battle of Pinjarra, WA . The Pinjarra Massacre, formerly known as the Battle of Pinjarra, was an attack that occurred at Pinjarra, Western Australia on a group of up to 80 Noongar people by a detachment of 25 soldiers, police and settlers led by Governor James Stirling in 1834.

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30 October 1975

Racial Discrimination Act takes effect as a statute passed by the Australian Parliament during the Prime Ministership of Gough Whitlam. The RDA makes racial discrimination in certain contexts unlawful in Australia.

26 November 1986

Pope John Paul II addresses Aboriginal people in Alice Springs. At Uluru, Arthur blessed the pool at the base of Uluru, swept away the footsteps around it, informed the local elders that he had done so.

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