Topics: Events: North West
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1986 - view
five Aboriginal designers to exhibit in Paris
1986 - view
Aboriginal land claim by Mandaribba Aboriginal Land Council
1987 - view
Aboriginal people go to listen to a talk in Maitland by Percy Haslam . They learn he has died earlier that same day. When Deirdre Heitmeyer arrives, she notes a great sadness and that “everyone had tears in their eyes”
1987 - view
PM Hawke announces a National Compact
1988 - view
Newcastle Gooris join in Sydney protests. Michael Davison protests at the launch of Bi-Centennial celebrations at Tighes Hill in Newcastle
1988 - view
Awabakal Co-op organises demonstrations for Queen’s visit
1989 - view
Coastal sites are recognised as places of Aboriginal significance in Tourism Awards
1989 - view
Ray Kelly’s work wins CONDA Award
1989 - view
Dux of Nelson Bay High School
1989 - view
first graduates from Newcastle University’s Aboriginal Students Medical Program
1990 - view
The day begins with a historic raising of the Aboriginal flag at Wollombi.
1990 - view
Dancers transform the Great Hall at The University of Newcastle into a corroboree ground. The one-hour performance moved the audience of 2,500 people
1992 - view
honorary doctorate from Newcastle University in recognition of his scholarship in traditional law
1992 - view
The High Court of Australia changes the nation’s common law when it brought down its decision in Mabo
1993 - view
World Indigenous Peoples’ Corroboree, Newcastle
1994 - view
The founding motivation is to reduce the suffering of Aboriginal people at the hands of drugs and alcohol. Most especially, it seeks to get men out of the criminal justice system and into treatment for their addictions
1995 - view
Aboriginal programs to engage and connect youth, provide cultural training and work skills, improve education outcomes and turn them into jobs
1995 - view
Local production of "Bran Nue Dae" at the Community Arts Centre
1996 - view
Wik Decision
1996 - view
”Somewhere in the Darkness” is written in Newcastle area by playwright Ray and staged at Sydney Theatre Company