Guide to the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Swanston Street to Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September 2023 / by Leigh Henningham

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PIC/21340/1-17

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: January 2024

Collection Summary

Creator
Henningham, Leigh, 1960-
Title
Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Swanston Street to Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September 2023
Date Range
2023
Collection Number
PIC/21340/1-17
Extent
17 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Pictures)

Introduction

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.

Scope and Contents

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 Melbourne Walk for Yes event which started in Swanston Street and finished at Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria. The images document the crowd participating in the rally, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney addressing the crowd, live performances from musicians Peter Garrett, Mia Wray, Marlon Motlop and Kram from Spiderbait, with AFL legend Eddie Betts, ACTU President Michele O'Neil and Marcia Langton marching in support of the Yes Vote.

Conditions Governing Use

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-vn10014483).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of item], Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Swanston Street to Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September 2023 / by Leigh Henningham, National Library of Australia, PIC/21340/[item number(s)].

Source of description

Titles of photographs devised by cataloguer based on information provided by photographer.

Item Descriptions

Supporters with Vote Yes signs marching in the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/1)

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Crowd of supporters listening to speakers at the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/2)

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View across the crowd listening to speakers at the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/3)

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Wiradjuri woman Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians, on stage at the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/4)

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Peter Garrett singing on stage at the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/5)

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Wiradjuri woman Hon Linda Burney MP singing on stage with Mia Wray, Marlon Motlop, and Kram at the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/6)

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Linda Burney is the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Kram is an Australian musician and the drummer and singer of Spiderbait. Mia Wray is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and musician and Marlon Motlop is an Indigenous Australian former AFL footballer and musician.

Supporters holding a hand-painted Vote Yes banner at start of the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/7)

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Wiradjuri woman Hon Linda Burney MP with Wirangu Kokatha Guburn man Eddie Betts, and other supporters at the start of Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/8)

1 item,

Biographical / Historical

Hon Linda Burney is a Wiradjuri woman and was the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the NSW Parliament and the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives. In 2018, she was appointed the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services, and in 2019, the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians. Eddie Betts is a Wirangu Kokatha Guburn man with connections to the Gubrun People of the Kalgoorlie Goldfields and Wirangu/Kokatha People of the Far-West Coast of South Australia, and AFL legend.

Large hand-painted placard held by supporters at start of the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/9)

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Slogan on sign reads "The time has come a fact's a fact, they want a Voice let's give them that".

Members of the Greek-Australian Society holding a Yes to the Voice banner at the start of the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/10)

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A supporter holds a 'William Cooper' sign at the start of the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/11)

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William Cooper was an inspirational Aboriginal leader in New South Wales and Victoria in the early part of the 20th century and a founding secretary of the Australian Aborigines' League.

Crowd of people holding signs at the start of the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Swanston Street, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/12)

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Crowd of people walking holding several Vote Yes signs during the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/13)

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Michele O'Neil (left) and Professor Marcia Langton AO (right), marching with arms raised during the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/14)

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Professor Marcia Langton AO is an anthropologist, geographer, writer and academic, and is a descendant of the Yiman and Bidjara nations of Queensland. Michele O'Neil is the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).

Crowd of supporters holding Vote Yes placards during the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/15)

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Supporters holding Yes signs hand-painted with the Aboriginal flag during the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/16)

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People in the crowd listening to performers at the Melbourne Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21340/17)

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