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In 1967 a Commonwealth Referendum was held which allowed Aboriginal people for the first time to be counted as part of the Australian population. The change to the Constitution also allowed the Australian Government to legislate on behalf of all Indigenous people.
The first census which included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people took place in 1971.
The restrictive laws relating to Aboriginal Australians that had been in operation for over three decades were not abolished until a Labor Government under the Prime Ministership of Gough Whitlam came to power in 1972.
As citizens of Australia, Aboriginal Australians have very right to vote just like any other citizen.
Learn more about Aboriginal Australia in First People Then And Now: Introducing Indigenous Australians by Marji Hill
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How did aboriginal people get the right to vote?
On the 10th of August 1967 Aboriginal australians having the right to vote became law.
Why is it so important that Aboriginal people get the right to vote?
Because they are native Australians who should get just as much right to vote as the others.
When were the Australians given the right to vote?
When they became Australians.
When were European Australians given the right to vote?
When they became Australians.
When did aboriginals get to vote?
It is a popular myth that a referendum to change the Australian Constitution in 1967 gave Aboriginals the vote. What the referendum actually did was to remove a provision from the constitution that excluded Aboriginal people from census figures which in turn were used to calculate the distribution and boundaries of electorates. This constitutional revision was required to correct the anomaly that while Aboriginal people already had the vote they were not included in the calculations used to make for electorates with approximately equal numbers of voters.Australian Aboriginal's right to vote varied from territory to territory with some (including women) having the right to vote (though rarely exercised) from the 19th century. Federal legislation in 1949 and 1962 formalized voting qualifications for Aboriginal people and with the State of Queensland introducing legislation in 1965, all Australians of Aboriginal descent then had full voting rights in all parts of the country and were able to vote in the referendum that supposedly 'gave them the vote'.See this article for full details:http://www.aec.gov.au/voting/indigenous_vote/aborigin.htmThe myth that Aborigines gained the right to vote in the 1967 referendum is perpetuated by lazy and inept journalists and to a certain extent by the consent of a ruling class that likes to pretend that Australian society is less racist than it is. It has been conjectured that a popular referendum to actually give political rights to Aboriginal people would not have passed.
How many years did it take for aboriginals get the right to vote?
In Canada, Aboriginal people gained the right to vote without losing their status in 1960. Before then, if an Aboriginal person wanted to vote, they would have to forfeit their status as an Aboriginal.
Changing rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people?
Generally, Aboriginal people didn't have rights and freedom, until WWII Aboriginal people then where allowed to vote, be part of the Census and be an Citizen. Aboriginal people are Australians and have the same rights as white Australians, they shouldn't be discriminated against for whatever reason whether it is a good discrimination or ill.
What has the author Mudrooroo written?
Mudrooroo has written: 'Dalwura, the black bittern' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Poetry 'Pacific highway boo-blooz' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Poetry 'Long live Sandawara' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Fiction 'Indigenous literature of Australia =' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australian authors, Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal Australians in literature, Australian literature, History and criticism, In literature, Intellectual life 'Us mob' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, History, Politics and government, Social life and customs 'The promised land' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Fiction, Gold discoveries, Gold mines and mining, Missionaries 'The kwinkan' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Fiction 'Aboriginal Mythology'
What did aboriginal maps show?
Aboriginal Australians did not have maps as we know them
Are Australians an ethnic group?
Aboriginal Australians are: many Australians are European or Asian or whatever in origin.
In what year did Aboriginal Australians win the vote?
Many sources state that a referendum to change the Australian Constitution in 1967 gave indigenous people the vote, and even many Aborigines themselves are of this belief. This referendum actually removed a provision from the constitution that excluded Aboriginal people from census figures which in turn were used to calculate the distribution and boundaries of electorates. This constitutional revision was required to correct the anomaly that while Aboriginal people already had the vote they were not included in the calculations used to make for electorates with approximately equal numbers of voters. Australian Aboriginals' right to vote varied from territory to territory with some (including women) having the right to vote (though rarely exercised) from the 19th century. Federal legislation in 1949 and 1962 formalized voting qualifications for Aboriginal people and with the State of Queensland introducing legislation in 1965, all Australians of Aboriginal descent then had full voting rights in all parts of the country and were able to vote in the referendum that supposedly 'gave them the vote'. See the related weblink below.
What has the author Henry Reynolds written?
Henry Reynolds has written: 'A history of Tasmania' -- subject(s): History 'The law of the land' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, History, Land settlement, Land tenure, Law and legislation, Right of Pasture 'Aboriginal sovereignty' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Colonization, Government relations, History, Land tenure, Legal status, laws 'Why weren't we told?' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Ethnic identity, History, Public opinion, Race relations 'Black pioneers' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Employment, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Social conditions 'Frontier' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Ethnic relations, Frontier and pioneer life, Government relations, History, Land tenure 'This whispering in our hearts' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, First contact with Europeans, History, Race discrimination, Race relations, Social conditions 'The aborigines' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, History, Social life and customs, Study and teaching
