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1905
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April 11: a meeting of the Christian Endeavour District Union in Newcastle resolves to send a Miss Pain to conduct missionary work among Aborigines at St. Clair, near Singleton
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1915
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November: workman excavating the site of the old Borough Markets in Hunter Street, Newcastle, uncover a burial site
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1923
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Australasian Society of Patriots erects a gravestone in Sandgate Cemetery for Tom Dillon, an Aborigine of Hawkesbury River district who died in Newcastle hospital, age 90.
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1963
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April: Newcastle City Council orders the removal of squatters (mostly Aboriginal) from shacks on land belonging to the University of Newcastle
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1971
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Excavation of an occupation and burial site near Swansea Heads by Professor Len Dyall of the University of Newcastle
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1973
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Newcastle Aboriginal Advancement Society established
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1975
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Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd. established
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1980
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Awabakal Co-op establishes a Tent Embassy in Civic Park, Newcastle, to highlight the plight of the local Aboriginal community
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1993
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signing of an historic agreement between the Awabakal people and the Newcastle City Council
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1998
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National Parks and Wildlife excavation of a large midden site at Moonee Beach near Lake Macquarie
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1999
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February 19: opening on Yallarwah Place Aboriginal accommodation centre at the John Hunter Hospital
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2000
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May 30: University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roger Holmes, announces details of a pending Charter of Aboriginal Reconciliation to formalise the University's commitment to reconciliation.
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2001
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March 23: opening of "Mixed Mobs", a permanent exhibition at the Newcastle Regional Museum, incorporating items held by the University of Newcastle's Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Unit.
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2002
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October 16: official launch of the "Awaba" historical database at the Birabahn festival.
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