"We refuse to be pushed into the background." — Jack Patten
"My learning was rather hard and slow." — Faith Bandler
"Vote ‘Yes' for Aborigines, they want to be Australians too." — Campaigners
"Our personal sense of justice requires that we get rid of this outmoded provision." — Unknown
"Aboriginal natives shall not be counted." — Unknown

Quotes from Indigenous Australian activists during the 1967 referendum campaign

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