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