- Aboriginal Education Policy becomes mandatory for all schools.
- Aboriginal women, some as young as 13, are forcibly sterilised with the drug Depro Provera (made by Pfizer) despite serious side effects and being banned in the US. This is seen as one method by the government to control and reduce the number of Aboriginal people. [3] The UK, New Zealand and the US have similar practices. Permanent sterilisation through tubal ligation also occurred.