1967 Referendum
Questions
1. How long ago did Australians vote to change our country’s laws to recognise Indigenous Australians as citizens?
2. Describe what it was like in Australia in the 1960s.
3. Did Aboriginal people have equal rights to other Australians in the 1960s? Explain.
4. In what year were Indigenous Australians given the right to vote in Federal Elections?
5. To change the constitution there has to be a referendum. True or false?
6. What is a referendum?
7. In 1967 what percent of Australians voted ‘yes’ to change the constitution?
8. Discuss why it is important to remember Australia’s 1967 referendum.
9. What does it mean to have equal rights? Explain your answer.
10. Name three things you learnt watching the BTN story.
2. Describe what it was like in Australia in the 1960s.
3. Did Aboriginal people have equal rights to other Australians in the 1960s? Explain.
4. In what year were Indigenous Australians given the right to vote in Federal Elections?
5. To change the constitution there has to be a referendum. True or false?
6. What is a referendum?
7. In 1967 what percent of Australians voted ‘yes’ to change the constitution?
8. Discuss why it is important to remember Australia’s 1967 referendum.
9. What does it mean to have equal rights? Explain your answer.
10. Name three things you learnt watching the BTN story.