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John Howard responds to the High Court’s decision on the native title of the Wik and Thayorre peoples in Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 141 ALR 129.

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Peter Yu of the Yawuru and Bunuba, Kimberley Land Council, talks about Indigenous relationship to land and the High Court decision in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175&nbsp

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In the following days, GTV9 political reporter Tom Jones interviewed Arthur Calwell’s wife Elizabeth about how she is coping with the stress of the incident.

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Upon arrival at Essendon airport Calwell was surrounded by a tight circle of news reporters questioning him about the incident.

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On 21 June 1966 Australia was shocked when Labor and Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell was shot at close range after attending an anti-conscription rally at Mosman Town Hall, Sydney.

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Calwell was released from hospital amidst a heavy police presence with media warned not to approach him or they would be arrested.

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Prime Minister Paul Keating outlines the basic principles of the Mabo legislation, the Native Title Act 1993.

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This clip, shot outside Melbourne Trades Hall, shows individual shots of key Labor personalities attending the 1928 Victorian party’s Easter conference.

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Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledges past injustices perpetrated on Indigenous Australians and affirms the High Court of Australia’s Mabo decision to recognise native tit

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This is a three-minute excerpt from a five-minute Australian Labor Party television commercial for the 1966 federal election. The commercial has a captioned title, Vietnam.