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(The) 1967 (referendum) and all that: Narrative and myth, aborigines and AustraliaFootnote∗

Bain Attwood Monash University,
&
Andrew Markus Monash University,
Pages 267-288 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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  • Some of the discussion in this article also appears in a chapter we wrote for a recently published book, Nicolas Peterson and Will Sanders (eds), Citizenship and Indigenous Australians: Changing Conceptions and Possibilities, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998, pp. 118–40. The argument has been significantly modified as a result of our ongoing consideration of the subject and the thoughtful and incisive critiques of our work by Esther Faye, Tom Griffiths and Julie Tisdale. We also wish to acknowledge the helpful criticisms of the two anonymous Australian Historical Studies readers.

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