Referendum -Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia
At the 1967 Referendum, 90.77% of Australian voters said 'Yes' to the Australian Government making laws specifically relating to Indigenous Australians, and for the inclusion of Indigenous Australians in the national census. This empowered the Commonwealth to override discriminatory State legislation and to enact special laws and programmes for Indigenous Australians. This artwork incorporates extracts from the referendum documents and the Australian Constitution. Archival images illustrate the events which led to the referendum, including the Official Day of Mourning in 1938, and the delegates attending the Federal Council for Advancement of the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Reconcilation Place Canberra ACT Australia