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Incorporating Indigenous History
December 15
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ON THIS DAY
1Dec 15, 1967 Sen Kate Alexandra Lundy
Dec 15 1904 Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the source of the years turmoil in parliament, was passed and the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration came into being
Dec 15 1974 Australias first FM radio station commenced broadcasts in Sydney
Dec 15 1829 Thomas Peel arrives at the Swan River with 300 settlers. They are, however, too late to be eligible for the land grant for his colonisation scheme
Dec 15 1897 The Queensland Government passed the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act which established Aboriginal reserves and appointed protectors. Opium was being imported at the rate of 10.8 tonnes per year
Dec 15 1904 Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the source of the years turmoil in parliament, was passed and the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration came into being
Dec 15 The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ratifies ILO Convention 156: Workers with Family Responsibilities 15:12:87
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