27 May - Referendum Day (1967)

Referendum Day recognises the struggle undertaken by Aboriginal people and ultimate success in acheiving a 97% 'yes' vote in the Referendumof 17 May 1967. The referendum changed the constitution to allow Aboriginal people to be counted in the cencus and to enable the Commonwealth government to make lawas for Aboriginal people.

27 May - 3 June - Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey - the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and High Court Mabo decision. National Reconciliation Week  was initiated in 1996 to provide a special focus for nationwide activities. The week is a time to reflect on acheivements so far and the things, which still be done to acheive reconciliation. National Reconciliation Week  offers people across Australia the opportunity to focus on reconciliation, to hear about the cultures and histories of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to explore new and better ways of meeting challenges in our commmunities.

3 June - Mabo Day

Mabo Day commemorates Eddie Koiki Mabo, a Torres Strait Islander whose campaign for Indigenous land rights led a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia on 3 June 1992. On this date the legal fiction of terra nullius was overturned, which had charaterised Australian law with regards to land and title since the voyage of James Cook in 1770.