The Australian | Fifty years after 1967 referendum, indigenous recognition remains elusive The Australian It was the swinging 60s, the height of the American civil-rights era. International opposition to South African apartheid was growing. Post-war decolonisation was underway. A small group of activists hoped to win equal rights for Australian Aborigines. Indigenous recognition: Lessons of 1967 referendum still apply to debate on constitution Recognition 'won't change Aboriginal life' |