ROBERTA" BOBBI" SYKES TIMELINE



1943 - Sykes born in Townsville, Queensland
 1967- She was referendum that proposed to include Aboriginal people in the national census and
            to allow the federal government to make laws for Aboriginal people.
 1970-  She became deeply involved in the emerging"black power"
 1970's- She started to write the book and a member of the black woman action in Education
                Foundation
 1971  -She was married
 1972 -  Sykes was one of the founders of Aboriginal Tent Embassy,old Parliament House,Canberra
 1975 - 1980 She was a work as the education and publicity officer
 1979 - Sykes was an adviser on Aboriginal health and education. the first book of poetry,poem
                love was published  
 1980s - She was the first black Australian to attend University in US
 1981-  She ghosted the award- winning autobiography of well-known NSW indigenous social
               worker
 1997- Aboriginal snake motif (Snake Dreaming - made up of snake Cradle)
 1998 - Snake Dancing
 2000 - Snake Circle
 2002 - She was suffered a stroke at her unit