1967 Australian referendum

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The 1967 Australian referendum occurred on 27 May 1967 under the Holt government. It contained three topics asked about in two questions, regarding the passage of two bills to alter the Australian Constitution.

The first question (Constitution Alteration (Parliament) Bill 1967) sought to increase the number of Members in the House of Representatives. The second question (Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) Bill 1967) related to Indigenous Australians (referred to as "the Aboriginal Race") and was in two parts: whether to give the Federal Government the power to make laws for Indigenous Australians in states, and whether in population counts for constitutional purposes to include all Indigenous Australians.{{cite web |title=Constitution Alteration (Parliament) 1967 and Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967 Referendums: The Arguments For and Against the Proposed Alterations Together with a Statement Showing the Proposed Alterations |url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/1967/4.html |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|via=Austlii| access-date=15 August 2020 |date=1967}}{{cite journal |last1=Arcioni|first1=Elisa|date=1 September 2012|title=Excluding Indigenous Australians from 'The People': A Reconsideration of Sections 25 and 127 of the Constitution |journal=Federal Law Review |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=287–315 |doi=10.22145/flr.40.3.1 |s2cid=210774854 |url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/FedLawRw/2012/12.html}} (2012) 40(3) Federal Law Review 287. {{ISSN|1444-6928}}. Retrieved 4 August 2020.{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Matthew|date=25 May 2017|title=The 1967 Referendum|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/May/The_1967_Referendum|url-status=live|access-date=19 August 2020|website=Parliament of Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527061522/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/May/The_1967_Referendum |archive-date=27 May 2018 }}

class="wikitable" |+ Results{{hsp}}{{refn|name=Handbook}} ! style="text-align:left;" | Question ! style="width:50px" align=center | NSW ! style="width:50px" align=center | Vic ! style="width:50px" align=center | Qld ! style="width:50px" align=center | SA ! style="width:50px" align=center | WA ! style="width:50px" align=center | Tas ! style="width:70px" align=center |States in favour ! style="width:70px" align=center |Voters in favour ! Result

---- | (25) Parliament | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No|1:5}} | {{No|40%}} ! {{No|Not carried}}

---- | (26) Aboriginal people | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes|6:0}} | {{Yes|91%}} ! {{Yes|Carried}}