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.