The Practice and the Symbolism of the 'Race Power': Rethinking the 1967 Referendum

From: The Australian Journal of Anthropology | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Rowse, Tim | Copyright information

The Practice and the Symbolism of the 'Race Power': Rethinking the 1967 Referendum Bain Attwood and Andrew Markus. The 1967 Referendum: Race, Power and the Australian Constitution. Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2007. Pp.200, b/w illustre. AUD 34.95(Pb.), ISBN 978-5-85575-555-3.

In 1997, Aboriginal Studies Press published Andrew Markus's and Bain Attwood's The 1967 Referendum or When Aborigines Didn't Get the Vote. Their new book The 1967 Referendum: Race, Power and the Austr...

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