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  • A Race Election: Context and Implications for Australia

    Author(s)
    Williams, Paul
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Williams, Paul D.
    Year published
    1998
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    Abstract
    Wth the exception of the 1967 Referendnm to alter s. 51 (xxvi) of the Australian Constitution, the Australian people Mve never been sent to the polls with a specific race agenda. In that May referendum, 90.8 %1 of Australians approved ofgranting the Commonwealth power to legislate over Aborigines. It was, by any measure, a major step toward reconciliation and national unity.Wth the exception of the 1967 Referendnm to alter s. 51 (xxvi) of the Australian Constitution, the Australian people Mve never been sent to the polls with a specific race agenda. In that May referendum, 90.8 %1 of Australians approved ofgranting the Commonwealth power to legislate over Aborigines. It was, by any measure, a major step toward reconciliation and national unity.
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    Journal Title
    Social Alternatives
    Volume
    17
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    http://socialalternatives.com/issues/environment-and-social-theory-piece-resistence
    Subject
    Political science
    Australian government and politics
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/397031
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