In 1967 more than 90 percent of voters endorsed the push for greater Indigenous rights in a national referendum. This high vote came off the back of many years of campaigning by Indigenous and non-indigenous activists, including trade unionists and socialists. 

Today the '67 vote is often invoked in reference to the proposed referendum for a Voice to Parliament. However the context in which it emerged was quite different and raised specific questions about how Indigenous people can fight for their rights in post-war Australia.