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EXTRAORDINARY though it seems, it was not until 1967 that Australian Aborigines were recognised as citizens of their own country. Before that they were classified as native wildlife, along with kangaroos and koalas. This weekend Aborigines are converging on Canberra, the national capital, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a referendum that led to the constitution being amended.

Recent Port Arther Massacre Information

An innovative online journal published three times a year, with exciting articles designed for students and teachers. Lots of resources on just about any History assignment you will ever do.

A website regarding Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War (1960's and 70's).

The Vietnam War was the longest conflict in which Australians have been involved; it lasted ten years, from 1962 to 1972, and involved some 60,000 personnel. A limited initial commitment of just 30 military advisers grew to include a battalion in 1965 and finally, in 1966, a task force.

overview of vietnam war/statistics

Every day, all over the world, prisoners - men, women and even children - face execution. The death penalty is cruel, inhuman and degrading. We are opposed to its use, everywhere in the world, for whatever reason. At the end of 2010, nearly 18 000 were on death row, facing the death sentence.

But it is a much better alternative then prison due to the amount of money it cost per year to keep a prisoner in jail.

Reprieve Australia works against the death penalty. It helps provide legal and humanitarian assistance to those facing the death penalty, to advocate against the death penalty and to raise awareness about human rights. Now in its tenth year, Reprieve Australia conducts volunteer programs at home and abroad, including sending Australians to defend clients facing the death penalty.

Outlines the news of 1975 in Australia

Shows how many Australian's died or were injured each year.

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES Gracelyn Smallwood, MSc, Colin White, BA (Hons) "We took the children from their mothers."1 With these words, Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, while launching the Year of Indigenous Peoples at Redfern Park in Sydney in December 1992, officially acknowledged that in the process of colonization, white Australia had denied generations of Aboriginal children their most precious and fundamental right-that of a mother's love and family's care.