Guide to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice referendum campaign and polling places, Western Australia, October 2023
PIC/21347/1-14
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: February 2024
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Philip Gostelow
- Title
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice referendum campaign and polling places, Western Australia, October 2023
- Date Range
- 2023
- Collection Number
- PIC/21347/1-14
- Extent
- 14 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 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. This collection documents campaigners including Zaneta Mascarenhas MP, Hannah Beazley MLA, Dorinda Cox, Kim Beazley, and Hannah McGlade and other campaign activities across Western Australia.
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10014963).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of item], Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice referendum campaign and polling places, Western Australia, October 2023 / Philip Gostelow, National Library of Australia, PIC/21347/[item number(s)].
Source of description
Titles of photographs devised by cataloguer based on information provided by photographer.
Item Descriptions
Zaneta Mascarenhas MP addresses media outside a polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, East Victoria Park, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/1)
1 item,Prominent Yes supporters behind her include [left to right] Hannah Beazley MLA, Yamatji and Noongar woman Dorinda Cox, Kim Beazley, and Kurin Minang Noongar woman Hannah McGlade.
Kim Beazley advocates for the Yes vote to the media outside a polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, East Victoria Park, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/2)
1 item,Daughter Hannah Beazley MLA is next to him and behind is [left to right] Yamatji and Noongar woman Dorinda Cox, Zaneta Mascarenhas MP, and Kurin Minang Noongar woman Hannah McGlade.
Volunteers from the local P&C Association at the democracy sausage and snack stall at the East Victoria Park Primary School polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, East Victoria Park, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/4)
1 item,Vote No campaigner, Joe Bryant, with how to Vote No flyers at the East Victoria Park Primary School polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, East Victoria Park, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/5)
1 item,Press conference in the background shows Yes campaigners Kim Beazley, Hannah Beazley, Yamatji and Noongar woman Dorinda Cox, and Zaneta Mascarenhas MP.
Posters supporting the Yes campaign on Museum Street on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northbridge, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/7)
1 item,Wording includes "No leaves us nowhere, Yes breathes in new air" and "The Uluru statement from the heart asks you to listen to your heart and vote yes for a better future for all".