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I understand that, while all indigenous people clearly had a right to enrol from the 1967 referendum onwards, it was not at that time compulsory for them to enrol. (But if they did enrol, it was compulsory to vote.)
However, I've just read that "... perversely, it was illegal to encourage them to enrol, a bizarre state of affairs that persisted until 1984 when compulsory enrolment and voting was introduced". I'd never heard of that before. Can anyone shed any light on this? -- JackofOz 05:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
The article, section "State elections", subsection "New South Wales" says that in order to vote in NSW state elections aboriginal voters "also had to go to the local leader of parliament and ask for clearance".
In the first place, nothing in the section is supported by the link cited. In the second place, there is no such thing as a "local leader of Parliament".
Agemegos ( talk) 22:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Request a move of this article to Voting rights of Australian Aborigines. Even though "Aboriginals" may be accepted now, Aborigines is still more correct, and Aboriginal is still an adjective. Altormainstream ( talk) 21:16, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
I am planning to update and expand this page. I plan to create a more coherent article through (1) adding a timeline of aboriginal voting milestones (2) adding a description of the voting system in Australia (3) mentioning the 'half-caste' problem and (4) elaborating on the 'political participation' section through mentioning the current day situation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseystevens ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
The timeline and table I have added aim to provide clarity and more structure concerning the milestones and events which are significant for indigenous Australian suffrage. I would appreciate some feedback and assistance, also, firstly in terms of editing the margins of the table for indigenous political representatives to improve the display / make this table more visually appealing. Secondly, in terms of the article's coherence; I have entirely replaced the section previously labelled 'Indigenous Political Participation' as I believe a more appropriate term is representation (the previous version largely concerned the aboriginal political representatives and their involvement in Australian politics). Finally, in terms of the timeline, there is definitely repetition between the article and the sections 'colonial indigenous franchise' and 'Commonwealth franchise in the early 20th century' so I would appreciate any thoughts/feedback on how to proceed with this section - thanks!
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I understand that, while all indigenous people clearly had a right to enrol from the 1967 referendum onwards, it was not at that time compulsory for them to enrol. (But if they did enrol, it was compulsory to vote.)
However, I've just read that "... perversely, it was illegal to encourage them to enrol, a bizarre state of affairs that persisted until 1984 when compulsory enrolment and voting was introduced". I'd never heard of that before. Can anyone shed any light on this? -- JackofOz 05:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
The article, section "State elections", subsection "New South Wales" says that in order to vote in NSW state elections aboriginal voters "also had to go to the local leader of parliament and ask for clearance".
In the first place, nothing in the section is supported by the link cited. In the second place, there is no such thing as a "local leader of Parliament".
Agemegos ( talk) 22:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Request a move of this article to Voting rights of Australian Aborigines. Even though "Aboriginals" may be accepted now, Aborigines is still more correct, and Aboriginal is still an adjective. Altormainstream ( talk) 21:16, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
I am planning to update and expand this page. I plan to create a more coherent article through (1) adding a timeline of aboriginal voting milestones (2) adding a description of the voting system in Australia (3) mentioning the 'half-caste' problem and (4) elaborating on the 'political participation' section through mentioning the current day situation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseystevens ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
The timeline and table I have added aim to provide clarity and more structure concerning the milestones and events which are significant for indigenous Australian suffrage. I would appreciate some feedback and assistance, also, firstly in terms of editing the margins of the table for indigenous political representatives to improve the display / make this table more visually appealing. Secondly, in terms of the article's coherence; I have entirely replaced the section previously labelled 'Indigenous Political Participation' as I believe a more appropriate term is representation (the previous version largely concerned the aboriginal political representatives and their involvement in Australian politics). Finally, in terms of the timeline, there is definitely repetition between the article and the sections 'colonial indigenous franchise' and 'Commonwealth franchise in the early 20th century' so I would appreciate any thoughts/feedback on how to proceed with this section - thanks!