Aboriginals lost the right to vote in 1901 and these rights were not regained until after the Australian citizenship referendum in 1967
This question should spell shame to the ignorant public. Aboriginals are native to the land, why shouldn't they have the right to vote. It is like saying, you are the landlord of this house but have no say or rights whatsoever. Do you like it? Generally, the right to votes is laid down in the Constitution.
In Canada, Aboriginal people gained the right to vote without losing their status in 1960. Before then, if an Aboriginal person wanted to vote, they would have to forfeit their status as an Aboriginal.
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It's called universal suffrage.
Aboriginals were once denied the right to vote or drink, they were denied fair wages, for many years they had to apply for permission to travel and for many years they were denied their own children, as they were removed and placed into group homes.
Robert Menzies has shaped the face of Australia because in 1962 he gave the Aboriginals a right to vote. Also Robert brought the Liberal Party into Australia.
The right to vote.
Same time as other women. Federally, The Dominion Elections Act was passed in 1920. It gave women, except for First Nations women, the right to vote. Inuit and Aboriginals, both male and female were denied the right to vote. Prior to this, different provinces passed legislation allowing women to vote in provincial elections.
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