Topic 4: The 1967 Referendum

Assessment tasks

  1. Research the role of one of the following in the campaign for Aboriginal equality in the 1960s and 1970s: Charles Perkins, Faith Bandler, Chicka Dixon and Kath Walker (later Oodgeroo Noonuccal).
  2. 'The 1967 referendum made little difference to the reality of life for Aboriginal people.'
    To what extent do you agree with this assessment of the 1967 referendum?

Additional resources

Further reading

Attwood, B and Markus, A 1999, The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Bennett, S 1999, White Politics and Black Australians, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Goodall, H 1996, Land in Aboriginal Politics in NSW 1770–1972, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Stone, S 1974, Aborigines in White Australia, Heinemann Educational Australia.

Some useful websites

National Archives of Australia:
http://www.naa.gov.au/fsheets/fs150.html

State Library of Queensland (search on 1967 referendum):
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/cat/index.htm

Parliament of Australia – Department of the Parliamentary Library:
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bp/1996-97/97bp11.htm

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/index.html

Voting Rights, Citizenship and the 1967 Referendum:
http://naa.gov.au/ Choose: Documenting a Democracy > Enter Search: 1967 Referendum

The Freedom Rides in Australia:
http://freedomride.net/