| Bib ID |
3966879 |
| Format |
Book, Online - Google Books |
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| Online Versions |
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| Edition |
2nd ed.
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| Description |
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, c2007
viii, 188 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN |
9780855755553 (pbk.)
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| Summary |
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.
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| Full contents |
- Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments iv
- Abbreviations v
- Preface vi
- 1 The Constitution and the Power of Race 1
- 2 The Commonwealth and Aboriginal Affairs 6
- 3 The Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement 14
- and Constitutional Change
- 4 The 1962-3 Petition Campaign 27
- 5 The Coalition Government and the Demand for 35
- a Referendum
- Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments iv
- Abbreviations v
- Preface vi
- 1 The Constitution and the Power of Race 1
- 2 The Commonwealth and Aboriginal Affairs 6
- 3 The Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement 14
- and Constitutional Change
- 4 The 1962-3 Petition Campaign 27
- 5 The Coalition Government and the Demand for 35
- a Referendum
- 6 The Campaign for the 'Yes' Vote 44
- 7 The Poll and its Consequences 54
- 8 Remembering and Forgetting the Referendum 65
- 9 Reconciliation and Constitutional Change 71
- 10 Race, Rights and the Constitution 76
- Documents 87
- Part I. Written Sources 89
- Part I. Aboriginal Oral Sources 158
- Part II. Contemporary Aboriginal Perspectives 167
- Notes 170.
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| Notes |
Previously published as: The 1967 referendum, or, When Aborigines didn't get the vote. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Reproduction |
Originally published [Canberra] : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1967 under title When Aborigines didn't get the vote
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| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights. | Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc. | Aboriginal Australians - Suffrage. | Citizenship - Australia. | Referendum - Australia. | Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights | Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc. | Aboriginal Australians - Suffrage | Citizenship - Australia | Referendum - Australia
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| Other authors/contributors |
Markus, Andrew | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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| Also Titled |
Nineteen sixty seven referendum
When Aborigines didn't get the vote.
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