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Australia’s 1967 Constitutional Referendum Related to Indigenous People: The Women Who Campaigned for “Yes”

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Cover of Reflections: 40 Years on from the 1967 Referendum (Neil Gillesppie ed., c2007).

I decided to observe International Women’s Day (today, March 8) by highlighting several Australian women, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, who had key roles in bringing about a constitutional referendum held in Australia on May 27, 1967, and in campaigning for the “yes” vote.

The referendum contained questions related to two provisions in the Australian Constitution that discriminated against indigenous Australians. One related