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I think the technical term here was "ward of the state".
See Albert Namatjira getting granted full citizenship rights in 57.
pascalo-
Being the first to be granted citizenship rights in 1957, still does not paint a great picture. How may aboriginal people got citizenship in the ten years till the referendum?
Maybe the locals should have been a bit more violent in stopping the invasion and destruction of their land and culture.
Look up the lost children and all the legislature to 'protect' aboriginals.
lynx
Well the aboriginal people get fucked over again.
But the Aboriginal people were only classed as Aussie, sorry voting rights, in 1967 after a referendum. What they were before then, you tell me.