YEAR 10: RIGHTS & FREEDOMS: 1967 referendum

Australia in the 1960s was still a racially segregated country. What did Charles Perkins organise in 1965 to challenge racist attitudes and practises in regional NSW? Watch as people discuss what happened in Moree, which illustrates the division of that time, and learn about the difference Charles Perkins and his Freedom Riders made to the Aboriginal community of Moree.

What was Australia's 1967 Referendum about?

The 1967 Referendum proposed to include Aboriginal people in the census. The 1967 Referendum proposed to allow the Commonwealth government to make laws for Aboriginal people.

Australians voted overwhelmingly to amend the constitution to include Aboriginal people in the census and allow the Commonwealth to create laws for them.

Source: Australian 1967 Referendum - Creative Spirits, retrieved from https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/australian-1967-referendum

Joe McGinness
Faith Bandler
Pearl Gibbs
Pastor Doug Nicholls
Bert Groves
Stan Davey
Jack & Jean Horner
Charles Perkins

" The referendum is on Saturday and it is important that we have the maximum vote because the eyes of the world are on Australia" - Faith Bandler.