1967 Referendum

Question 1

How many States supported it?

Answer 1

All 6 States

Question 2

How many people supported it?

Answer 2

90.77% of people voted Yes

Question 3

What 2 sections were changed

Answer 3

Section 51 xxvi (powers) Section 127 (census)

Question 4

What change was made to section 51 xxvi

Answer 4

The people of any race, other than the Aboriginal race in any State, for whom it is deemed necessary to make specail laws

To

The people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make specail laws

Question 5

What happened to Section 127?

Answer 5

Deleted entirely

127 Aborigines not to be counted in reckoning population

In reckoning the numbers of people of the Commonwealth, or of a State or other part of the Commonwealth, aboriginal natives shall not be counted

Question 6

Aim of Referendum

Answer 6

aimed to give equal citizenship rights to native Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders by amending s.51 and s.127 of the constitution.

Question 7

What was the impact on law making powers?

Answer 7

Prior to the change in the constitution all indigenous issues had been left with the states because they were deemed to have more specialised knowledge. This referendum gave the Commonwealth Parliament the power to legislate for Indigenous people in the states and include them in the national census.