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Technically the referendum question was a vote on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967 that would amend section 51(xxvi) and repeal section 127. [6] The amendments to the Constitution were overwhelmingly endorsed, winning 90.77% of votes cast and having majority support in all six states. [7] The amendment became law on 10 August 1967 ...
The second question (Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) Bill 1967) related to Indigenous Australians ... Vote % New South Wales 2,315,828 2,166,507 1,087,694 51.01
The 1967 Australian referendum called by the Holt government on 27 May 1967 consisted of two parts, with the second question relating to Aboriginal Australians. Section 24 of the Australian Constitution requires that the number of members in the House of Representatives be, as nearly as possible, twice the number of members in the Senate. [1]
Sykes, who died in 2010, was the first Black Australian to study at Harvard, and fought for a Yes vote in the 1967 Referendum. That referendum, to count Indigenous people in Australia’s Census ...
The Australian people voting at the 1967 referendum deleted the words in italics, moving and centralising the existing State Parliaments' race power to the Federal government. Edmund Barton had argued in the 1898 Constitutional Convention that s 51(xxvi) was necessary to enable the Commonwealth to "regulate the affairs of the people of coloured ...
The Holt government held two constitutional referendums on 27 May 1967, and amendments relating to Indigenous Australians were carried overwhelmingly with 90.8% of votes cast in favour. [12] Technically, the referendum passed the bill titled the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967 [ 13 ] and it became law on 10 August 1967.
Australians will vote on Oct. 14 in a referendum that would enshrine in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that effect their lives known ...
All adult (21 years) male British subjects, including Indigenous people, were entitled to vote in South Australia from 1856, in Victoria from 1857, New South Wales from 1858, and Tasmania from 1900. Queensland gained self-government in 1859 and Western Australia in 1890. [4] 1885 Queensland Elections Act excluded all Indigenous people from voting