athy Freeman, Nicky Winmar, and Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, have established a place of high respect in the minds of the wider community.
The aboriginals have also been given a lot more privileges as well, for example, the Mabo decision. This was one of the major turning points in the way the aboriginals are treated.
Another major turning point, was that of the National Sorry Day walks started in 1999, where people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in order to say sorry to the Aboriginals for their family's part in the stolen generation.
This shows how much peoples views have changed, even since the late 70's when aboriginals were not even allowed to swim in the same pool as the Anglo-Saxon community, and they were condemned for entering pubs owned by non-aboriginals. Instead, they had their own bars, and were only allowed to swim in the community pools at certain times of the day.
In 1965, a group of about 30 Sydney University students, including two Aboriginal people undertook a 3,200 km bus tour of northern NSW towns investigating and protesting discrimination against Aborigines. Considered by some to be the most significant act in Aboriginal-European relations in the Australia's history, this tour marked the beginning of substantial European awareness
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