Guide to the Vote No campaign event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 2 October 2023, 2023

Summary

Collection number:

PIC/21358/1-6

Creator:

Gostelow, Philip, 1962-

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of item], Vote No campaign event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 2 October 2023, National Library of Australia, PIC/21358/[item number(s)].

Availability:

Not for loan

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice:

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain the names and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.

Background

Content Summary:

On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

Collection documents the Vote No campaign event held at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, on 2 October 2023 before voting day for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. The images capture Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Nyunggai Warren Mundine addressing the crowd. Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a Warlpiri/Celtic woman and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians. Nyunggai Warren Mundine is a member of the Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr and Yuin people of New South Wales. Other images show supporters of the No Vote and the Yes Vote protesting outside the event, and Vote No signs posted along the Goldfields Highway, Western Australia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Active citizenship and representative democracy
Indigenous and linguistically diverse communities
Indigenous peoples
Politics and government

Conditions Governing Access:

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collections catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10017695).

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of item], Vote No campaign event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 2 October 2023, National Library of Australia, PIC/21358/[item number(s)].

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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