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This article is about the both questions asked in the 1967 referendum. For the first part, increasing the number of Members in theHouse of Representatives, see1967 Australian referendum (Parliament). For the second part of the 1967 referendum, regarding certain matters onIndigenous Australians, see1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals).

The1967 Australian referendum occurred on 27 May 1967 under theHolt government. It contained three topics asked about in two questions, regarding the passage of two bills to alter theAustralian Constitution.^[1]

The first question (Constitution Alteration (Parliament) Bill 1967) sought to increase the number of Members in theHouse of Representatives.^[1] The second question (Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) Bill 1967) related toIndigenous Australians (referred to as "the Aboriginal Race") and was in two parts: whether to give theFederal Government the power to make laws for Indigenous Australians in states, and whether in population counts for constitutional purposes to include all Indigenous Australians.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Question	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	States in favour	Voters in favour	Result
(25)Parliament	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	1:5	40%	Not carried
(26)Aboriginal people	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6:0	91%	Carried

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Further information:1967 Australian referendum (Parliament)

Result^[4]
State	Electoral roll	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	Electoral roll	Ballots issued	Vote	%	Vote	%	Informal
New South Wales	2,315,828	2,166,507	1,087,694	51.01	1,044,458	48.99	34,355
Victoria	1,734,476	1,630,594	496,826	30.87	1,112,506	69.13	21,262
Queensland	904,808	848,728	370,200	44.13	468,673	55.87	9,855
South Australia	590,275	560,844	186,344	33.91	363,120	66.09	11,380
Western Australia	437,609	405,666	114,841	29.05	280,523	70.95	10,302
Tasmania	199,589	189,245	42,764	23.06	142,660	76.94	3,821
Total for Commonwealth	6,182,585	5,801,584	2,298,669	40.25	3,411,940	59.75	90,975
Results	Obtained majority in one state and an overall minority of 1,113,271 votes.Not carried

This section is an excerpt from1967 Australian referendum (Parliament) § Results

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Further information:1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)

Result ^[4]
State	Electoral roll	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	Electoral roll	Ballots issued	Vote	%	Vote	%	Informal
New South Wales	2,315,828	2,166,507	1,949,036	91.46	182,010	8.54	35,461
Victoria	1,734,476	1,630,594	1,525,026	94.68	85,611	5.32	19,957
Queensland	904,808	848,728	748,612	89.21	90,587	10.79	9,529
South Australia	590,275	560,844	473,440	86.26	75,383	13.74	12,021
Western Australia	437,609	405,666	319,823	80.95	75,282	19.05	10,561
Tasmania	199,589	189,245	167,176	90.21	18,134	9.79	3,935
Total for Commonwealth	6,182,585	5,801,584	5,183,113	90.77	527,007	9.23	91,464
Results	Obtained majority in all six states and an overall majority of 4,656,106 votes.Carried

This section is an excerpt from1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals) § Results

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^^a ^b ^c"Constitution Alteration (Parliament) 1967 and Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967 Referendums: The Arguments For and Against the Proposed Alterations Together with a Statement Showing the Proposed Alterations". Commonwealth of Australia. 1967. Retrieved15 August 2020 – via Austlii.
^Arcioni, Elisa (1 September 2012)."Excluding Indigenous Australians from 'The People': A Reconsideration of Sections 25 and 127 of the Constitution".Federal Law Review.40 (3):287–315.doi:10.22145/flr.40.3.1.S2CID 210774854. (2012) 40(3)Federal Law Review 287.ISSN 1444-6928. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^Thomas, Matthew (25 May 2017)."The 1967 Referendum".Parliament of Australia.Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved19 August 2020.
^^a ^b ^cHandbook of the 44th Parliament (2014)"Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results".Parliamentary Library of Australia.

Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997.Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums(PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 24 March 1997.ISBN 0644484101.
Bennett, Scott (2003)."Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment". Canberra:Parliamentary Library of Australia..
Australian Electoral Commission (2007)Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.

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