... life for the Aboriginal population. Federation and Aboriginal Voting Rights Federation, which is often seen as a milestone in the development of Australian democracy, represented a backward step for Aboriginal Australians. The exclusion of indigenous Australians from the governance of themselves and the nation did ... , the specific exclusion of any "Aboriginal native of Australia " from the Commonwealth franchise extended into the second half century of our nation's history. Aboriginal Australians and inequality (The first 2 decades of a new century) Aborigines did not fare well in the...

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