2023

1. 24 August Recognition

   The Australian Electoral Commission sends out referendum booklets to all households with a guide on how to vote and the full 'Yes' and 'No' campaign pamphlets.

2. 30 August Recognition

   At a large community rally in Adelaide, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces the referendum date as the 14 October, kickstarting a campaign to change Australia’s constitution for the first time in nearly half a century.

   On that day, every Australian will have a once in a generation chance to bring our country together. And to change it for the better. To vote for recognition, listening and better results.

   — PM Anthony Albanese ^[1]

3. 5 September Remains repatriation

   In a landmark example of cultural repatriation, Manchester museum returns more than 174 everyday objects to the Anindilyakwa community, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the northern coast of Australia. Items include dolls made from shells, baskets, fishing spears, boomerangs, armbands and a map made from turtle shells. Manchester Museum’s return of the objects is significant because repatriation projects normally revolve around sacred or ceremonial items. The museum’s head of collections had spent time on Groote Eylandt, and the community was directly involved in deciding what should be returned, and what should stay in Manchester.

   We have declared [Manchester Museum] is open to future repatriations, and we expect that this is part of the future of museums, not just ours, but other museums in the future.

   — Georgina Young, Head of Collections and Exhibitions, Manchester Museum ^[2]

2024

1. 7 May Arts

   Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross of Electric Fields participate in the the first semifinal of the Eurovision song contest in Malmö, Sweden, with their song One Milkali (One Blood), sung in English and Yankunytjatjara. Unfortunately they are eliminated in that round.

2. 29 July Politics

   Yanyuwa Garrwa woman Senator Malarndirri McCarthy is sworn in as the new Indigenous Australians minister.

3. 15 October Stamps

   Australia Post releases four stamps celebrating the Kalkadoon Dreaming of the First Nations people of the Mt Isa region (QLD).

   The stamps showcase the work of Kalkadoon (Kalkatungu) artist Chern’ee Sutton and represent the artist’s traditional Country. Chern’ee Sutton has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours. She has been a Queensland Day Ambassador for the Arts and a Queensland Reconciliation Awards Ambassador and her work is held in collections nationally and internationally.

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