1967 Referendum

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:amendedSection gptkb:Section_127_of_the_Australian_Constitution
gptkb:Section_51(xxvi)_of_the_Australian_Constitution
gptkbp:campaignSupport widespread public support
bipartisan political support
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:National_Sorry_Day
50th anniversary events in 2017
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date 27 May 1967
gptkbp:enables Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people
inclusion of Aboriginal people in population counts
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1973_Australian_referendum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1967 Referendum
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Aboriginal_Australians
counting Indigenous Australians in the census
allowing the federal government to make laws for Indigenous Australians
gptkbp:officialName 1967 Australian referendum
gptkbp:percentageAgainst 9.23%
90.77%
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1965_Australian_referendum
gptkbp:purpose to amend the Australian Constitution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Australian_Constitution
gptkb:Indigenous_Australians
Australian civil rights movement
gptkbp:removedPhrase 'other than the aboriginal people in any State'
gptkbp:removedSection Section 127
gptkbp:result passed
gptkbp:significance landmark in Indigenous rights
symbolic recognition of Aboriginal Australians
gptkbp:voterTurnout 93.84%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Australian_Aboriginals
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5