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1981 - North West - view

Robert and Bill Smith win contracts and complete jobs unaware that they are losing control of their own company

1982 - North West - view

Brisbane Commonwealth Games

1982 - West - view

‘she is not black enough’

1983 - South Coastal - view

Local Aboriginal Land Councils to claim vacant Crown land

1983 - Central - view

The NSW Land Rights Act establishes 13 regional land councils, which will provide legal, economic and planning skills to acquire land in the interests of local Koori people

1983 - Central - view

Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land council

1983 - Central - view

Redfern Local Aboriginal Land Council

1983 - Central - view

NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group

1983 - Central - view

“Lousy Little Sixpence”. The film tells the story of five children, representatives for an entire generation, who were stolen from their families by the Australian government to turn them into unpaid servants for white families. The documentary uses old newsreels, archive film, interviews and photographs.

1984 - South Coastal - view

La Perouse LALC receives title deeds

1984 - Central - view

Bangarra Dance Theatre

1985 - North West - view

many land claims by Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council

1985 - North West - view

AGM votes to boycott Bi-centenary celebrations in 1988

1985 - North West - view

Aboriginal Education Unit established at Tighes Hill TAFE

1985 - North West - view

NAIDOC Inaugural NSW Aboriginal Artist of the Year

1985 - North West - view

Uluru Handover to traditional owners

1985 - Central - view

‘Stop the Black Deaths in Custody’ Rally

1985 - Central - view

Redfern (Later Metropolitan) Land Council

1986 - Central - view

'Great Redfern Revolution'

1986 - Central - view

Boomali Aboriginal Artists Co-Operative is established in Chippendale