Archive for: 1967 referendum

Indigenous recognition must remove racism from Constitution

Indigenous recognition must remove racism from Constitution

Tweetby Professor George Williams Indigenous recognition in the Australian Constitutions must be more than a new preamble, says Professor George Williams — it must also remove the last vestiges of racial discrimination from the document. Indigenous...

 

Mick Gooda says reconciliation is an agenda of hope

Mick Gooda says reconciliation is an agenda of hope

TweetHAPPY RECONCILIATION WEEK AUSTRALIA! by Mick Gooda On this 44th anniversary of the 1967 “Aboriginal” referendum, and every day, Independent Australia acknowledges the original owners of this land. The following is a speech given on...

 

Remembering Lionel Rose — Australian icon

Remembering Lionel Rose — Australian icon

Tweet Independent Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of Australia. Contributing editor-at-large, Tess Lawrence THE THREE ‘Rs’ — ROSE, RECONCILIATION AND REPUBLIC — AND IN THAT ORDER, COBBERS By Tess Lawrence| Contributing...

 

The Australian Dream: Indigenous Peoples in an Australian Republic

The Australian Dream: Indigenous Peoples in an Australian Republic

Tweet In her 2005 National Republican Lecture (full text below), Larissa Behrendt said that “…Australia will not mature into a just society until the nation building processes have included Aboriginal people. Evolving into an Australian...

 
 
 
 

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