Covenanting Events
Important calendar dates
January
1st – Anniversary of the Native Title Act proclamation (1993)
21st – Day of Mourning
26th - Invasion Day (Australia Day)
26th – Anniversary of the Tent Embassy established in front of Parliament House (1972)
February
5th – Anniversary of the Tent Embassy Petition to Parliament (1972)
8th – Anniversary of the Woodward Land Rights Inquiry establishment (1972)
13th – National Apology Day: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations (2008)
March
17th – National Close the Gap Day
21st – Harmony Day
21st to 27th – Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
May
26th – National Sorry Day
27th to June 3rd – National Reconciliation Week
27th – Anniversary of referendum to grant citizen rights to Indigenous Australians (1967)
29th – Reconciliation Sunday
June
3rd – National Reconciliation Week ends
3rd – Mabo Day
29th – Anniversary of passing of Stronger Futures Legislation through Senate (2012)
July
Sunday 2nd – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
2nd to 9th – NAIDOC week
August
4th – National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day
9th – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People