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13. 1967 Referendum
On the 27th of May 1967, Australians went to the polls and delivered the most lopsided result in this country's referendum history. Ninety point seven seven per cent voted yes. Every single state. No organised opposition. The highest yes vote ever recorded for a federal referendum, before or since. Most Australians will tell you it's the day Aboriginal people got the right to vote. Or citizenship. Neither of those things is true — and understanding what it actually did, and didn't do, tells you almost everything about how this country handles Aboriginal recognition. This episode traces the…
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