The award was in recognition "of their long and determined battle to gain justice for their people" and the "work over many years to gain legal recognition for indigenous people's rights".
Die Auszeichnung war die Anerkennung „„of their long and determined battle to gain justice for their people“ „work over many years to gain legal recognition for indigenous people’s rights“.“ (deutsch: für ihren entschiedenen Kampf für die Rechte ihres Volkes Arbeit über viele Jahre zur Legalisierung der Rechte der Aborigines).