Historical Australian Aboriginal people's voting and rights

Terra Nullius meant

• terror on the highway

• no person's land

• Torosaurus dinosaurs lived here

• no-one is terrible

Eddie Mabo

• was a musician

• managed to overturn Terra Nullius

• Lived in the Torres Strait Islands

• was a gardener

The Mabo decision meant

• Indigenous peoples were recognized as owners of their traditional land

• Eddie's music could be played

• nothing would change

• a lot to indigenous people in Australia

the Australian constitution is

• a health document

• the rules that govern the country

• not important

• easy to change

Aboriginal people in Australia

• had the same rights as everyone else before 1962

• were counted as citizens before 1967

• were not counted as citizens before 1967

• were living in Australia before colonisation

In 1962 Aboriginal people

• won the right to vote

• did not have to vote

• could not vote

• did not want to vote

The Australian constitution

• can be changed by elected politicians

• can only be changed by referendum

• cannot be changed

• is not a legal document

A referendum

• is only successful if 50% of the population vote for it

• is when the referee fines a player

• is often successful

• always changes the constitution

In 1967

• 90 percent of voting Australians voted yes

• the referendum to recognise aboriginal Australians as citizens was successful

• the referendum was not successful

• the referendum was Australia's most successful ever referendum

in the 1960s

• there were lots of changes in music science and society

• everyone had the same living conditions

• there was discrimination against aboriginal people

• aboriginal people had equal rights