Fill in the Blanks 1967 ReferendumOnline version Use the word bank to type in the words that fill in the blanks. by Nyree Wilson 1 problem pretended given 'Terra together defined equal fight yes recognised citizens learned information allowed responsibility When the British Colonisers came to Australia , they had a . They weren't to claim Australia if there were people living here . So , they said that the aboriginal people living here were animals and there weren't people living here . They said Australia was Nullius' - a land with no people . Aboriginal people were no human rights because they were legally as animals . Over time , as aboriginal people more about the new culture taking over Australia , they found ways to for their rights . In 1962 , Aboriginal people were finally given the right to vote . In 1967 , all Australian's were asked to vote on whether aboriginal people should be as people in Australia by counting them in the census . People strongly voted to count aboriginal people in the census . The Australian census is the collection of about the people living in Australia . While aboriginal people could now vote and were formally recognised as of Australia , they still did not have rights . The 1967 referendum is an example of how non - aboriginal people started taking for helping aboriginal people fight for their rights . Aboriginal people and non - aboriginal people worked to stand up for the rights of aboriginal people to be legally counted as people of Australia in the census .
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