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Significant Dates on Calander and Years
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- 113 FebruaryAnniversary of the formal apology made on 13 February 2008 by the government and the Parliament of Australia to Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - in particular to the Stolen Generations.
- 219 MarchNational Close the Gap Day is an annual event held to raise awareness of the Indigenous health crisis.
- 326 MayNational Sorry Day offers the community the opportunity to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 following the 1997 HREOC report Bringing Them Home which recommended that a national day of observance be declared.
- 427 MayIn 1967 over 90% of Australians voted in a Referendum to remove clauses from the Australian Constitution which discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The Referendum also gave the Commonwealth Government the power to make laws on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- 51215Magna Carta, first document limiting the powers of KIng of Enland was signed
- 61348-50Black Death, most devastating pandemic in Europe killed over 100 million people
- 71337-1453100 years war between England and France
- 81492Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
- 94.B.CBirth of Jesus Christ
- 101666Great fire of London
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