John Moriarty is selected to play soccer for Australia.

John played football for South Australian First Division teams Port Thistle and Adelaide Juventus before playing for Adelaide Croatia. He represented the State of South Australia 17 times, and in 1960, became the first Indigenous Australian to be selected for a national soccer team.

1960 - John Moriarty playing soccer

South Australian State Soccer Team including John Moriarty and Charlie Perkins.

1960 - SA State Soccer Team - John Moriarty, Charlie Perkins

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1960 - Father Smith writing on mixed blood problem

1960 - Father Smith writing on mixed blood problem

1960 - Father Smith writing on mixed blood problem

1960 - Father Smith writing on mixed blood problem

1960 - Father Smith writing on mixed blood problem

1960 - Father Smith writing on mixed blood problem

1961 - 5 April - Report in The News entitled ‘Action, not talk needed’ – Aborigines to press claims.

1961 - 5 April - Report in The News entitled Action, not talk needed – Aborigines to press claims

1961 - Report in The News entitled Soccer star will fight for his people.

1961 - The News - Soccer star will fight for his people

1961 - 28 December - Ken Hampton wins the Bay-Sheffield sprint.

The Bay Sheffield is South Australia's iconic foot race, held every year on the 26, 27 and 28 December.

1961 - Ken Hampton wins Bay-Sheffield

1962 - Richie Bray plays in his first Premiership for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

A three-time premiership player Richie Bray was a member of the 1962, 1963 and 1965 premierships sides under coach Fos Williams, Richie played 77 games for the club over a career spanning eight years.

Richie spent most of his playing time on the half forward flank - he kicked 65 goals. He also coached locally at the Semaphore Football Club.

1962 - Richie Bray playing for SANFL Port Adelaide Football Club

1963 - Newspaper clipping of report in The News about SANFL Grand Final selection possibilities for Wilfred Huddleston, Bruce Nyland and Richie Bray.

Richie Bray went on the be selected and played in the 1963 Premiership team for Port Adelaide Football Club under coach Fos Willliams.

1963 - Newspaper clipping of report in The News about SANFL Grand Final selection possibilities for Wilfred Huddleston, Bruce Nyland and Richie Bray

1963 - Richie Bray plays in his second Premiership for the Port Adelaide Football Club under coach Fos Williams.

1963 - SANFL Port Adelaide Magpies Premiership win - including Richie Bray

1963 - 27 September
Founder and inaugural President of the Aborigines Progress Association Malcolm Cooper is part of a delegation led by Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls (Later Governor of South Australia) that meets with Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies in Canberra to discuss Aboriginal issues including voting rights, and citizenship, which culminates in the 1967 referendum.

The photograph shows the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) delegation meeting with Prime Minister Menzies. Left to right: Kath Walker, Ted Penney, Gordon Bryant, MP; Elia Ware, Sir Robert Menzies, Malcolm Cooper, Joe McGinness, President of FCAATSI, shaking hands with the Prime Minister; Pastor Doug Nicholls

1963 - 27 September - Meeting with Prime Minister Robert Menzies

1963 - 27 September
Clark, Mavis Thorpe PASTOR DOUG Published by Landsdowne Press 1965, Seal Books 1975

1963 - 27 SeptemberClark, Mavis Thorpe PASTOR DOUG Published by Landsdowne Press 1965, Seal Books 1975

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The Freedom Rides.

Inspired by the US Civil Rights Freedom Ride campaign in 1961 the Australian Freedom Rides aimed to expose discrepancies in living, education and health conditions among the Aboriginal population with a bus tour through New South Wales by activists protesting discrimination against Aboriginal people in small towns in NSW.

1965 - Charlie Perkins - Freedom rides Sydney University

1965 - Charles Perkins and local boys from Moree at the pool

1965 - Charles Perkins and local boys from Moree at the pool

1965 - 6 August
Charles Perkins staged a fake "kidnapping" of 5-year-old Nancy Prasad from under the nose of immigration officials at the Sydney airport for the purpose of highlighting the injustice her deportation under Australia’s "White Australia" immigration policy.

1965 - Charlie Perkins and Nancy Prasad

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1965 - An act of courage by Bill Espie and Constable in the NSW Police Force.

In March 1965 he went to the scene of a collision and found both vehicles burning fiercely. Without hesitation, he went in and rescued a trapped man from each of the burning cars. He earned a Commissioner’s Commendation and the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct. Commissioner Norman Allen also awarded him the Peter Mitchell Award, a perpetual trophy, to recognize his selfless and brave conduct. On top of that he received the George Lewis Trophy, for the most courageous act by a member of the NSW Police Force in 1965.

1965 - Espie Medal - Centralaian Advocate news clipping

1966 - January - Espie Medal - Adelaide Church Guardian

1966 - January - Espie Medal - Adelaide Church Guardian

1965 - Bill Espie - Police Hero - Clipping

1965 - Bill Espie - Police Hero - Clipping

1965 - Richie Bray plays in his third Premiership for the Port Adelaide Football Club under coach Fos Williams.

1965 - SANFL Port Adelaide Football Club team photo

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1966 - Charlie Perkins graduates from Sydney University with Bachelor of Arts. The first Aboriginal person to graduate from an Australian University.

Report in the Woman’s Day in May by Ailsa Craig on the university graduation of Charles Perkins including an interview with his mother Hettie Perkins.

1966 - Charles Perkins graduates from Sydney University

1966 - May - Woman's Day Article - Charles Perkins Graduation

1966 - May - Woman's Day Article - Charles Perkins Graduation

1966 - May - Woman's Day Article - Charles Perkins Graduation

1966 - May - Woman's Day Article - Charles Perkins Graduation

1966 - St Francis House reunion.

(L-R) Vincent Copley, Tim Campbell, John Moriarty, Wilfred Huddleston, Father Smith, Malcolm Cooper, Ken Hampton.

1966 - St Francis House reunion

1967 - Constable Bill Espie in NSW Police uniform at Green Valley NSW.

1967 - Bill Espie in NSW Police uniform

1969 - 10 July - Leading article in The Advertiser by Max Fatchen reports on the benefits of playing football (soccer) for Aboriginal people based on an interview with John Moriarty.

1969 - 10 July - The Advertiser - A goal is not the point by Max Fatchen