27- May Referendum

Question 1

When was 1967 Referendum held?

Answer 1

27 May 1967

Question 2

What is the referendum about?

Answer 2

The referendum discussing about whether the Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples are counted in the census.
Give the Australian Government the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Question 3

What rights did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have before 1967?

Answer 3

Vote in state elections
Marry whomever they chose
Move to whenever they chose

Question 4

What changed after the 1967 referendum?

Answer 4

Australian Government change the Constitution to involve the affairs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Council for Aboriginal Affairs was established. The first MInister was W.C. Wentworth (not the Aboriginal people) in February 1968.

Question 5

What changes did the Australian Government make?

Answer 5

Introduction of positive discrimination.
Programs designed to address the needs of Aboriginal peoples are started.
Enactment of the Aboriginal and Torres Straitt Islanders Act 1975 (after 8 years)