On 27 May 1967 an overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. 27 May 2007 is the 40th anniversary of this landmark event. The referendum is commonly considered the turning point in Australian historical and cultural life. The historic moment when citizenship rights were granted ? including the vote ? and the Commonwealth finally assumed responsibility for Aboriginal affairs. This book explores the legal and political significance of the referendum and the long struggle by Australians for constitutional change
Analysis
Aborigines
Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967
Constitutional reform
Federal issue
Human rights
Referenda
Torres Strait Islanders
Notes
Aboriginal content
Bibliography
Bibliography
Notes
Featured in the Freedom Then Freedom Now Exhibition, in the Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery at the State Library of Queensland from May through October 2017 SLQ