50 years this month since pivotal '67 referendum

On May 27, Australia will mark 50 years since the day the country overwhelmingly voted to change its racist laws regarding Indigenous people.

A photo from a 1967 march for the referendum Source: AAP

The 1967 referendum remains the nation's most successful public vote, although myths still persist about what it achieved.

 

The anniversary comes as a new generation of Indigenous activists push for a referendum of their own.

 

And, as SBS reports, they are looking to the 1967 campaigners for inspiration.