56 years ago, in the 1967 referendum, the original inhabitants of this land who had been here for 60,000 years or more were formally acknowledged as part of our nation's population. How strange that before 1967 Aboriginal people were classed as foreigners or aliens in their own country. I smell racism at that point of time.
I am not qualified to speak for Aboriginal people; I have not experienced the pain, loss, pillage, stolen generation, and lots of other criminal acts. Hence, I will vote 'yes' and will ignore some mealymouthed politician or cash-for-comment media type telling me to vote 'no'. I find it strange a race of people whose descendants have been on this land for less than 300 years is telling another race of people who have been here for 60,000 years or more how to vote.
