Guide to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice referendum campaign and polling places, Western Australia, October 2023

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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

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.

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.

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)

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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)

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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.

The Tangney family 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/21347/3)

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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)

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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)

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Press conference in the background shows Yes campaigners Kim Beazley, Hannah Beazley, Yamatji and Noongar woman Dorinda Cox, and Zaneta Mascarenhas MP.

Queue outside 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/21347/6)

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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)

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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".

Handmade sign on with Aboriginal flag reading "Yes or No we respect you so" with "and we as equals voted No because we respect you" added after polling for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, East Perth, Western Australia, 18 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/8)

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Yes 23 campaign post polling party at the Rechabite club in front of a live TV broadcast of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Warren Mundine at the end of voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northbridge, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/9)

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Vote Yes and Vote No campaigners with how to vote cards outside the Northam Town Hall polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northam, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/10)

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Vote Yes campaigner Rebecca Parker and Vote No campaigner Claire Meridith shake hands outside the Northam Town Hall polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northam, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/11)

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Yes campaign ephemera including buttons, pamphlets, and postcards with the "Uluru Statement from the Heart" at the Northam Primary School polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northam, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/12)

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Vote No campaigners [left to right] Peter Wood and John McGreevey outside the Bakers Hill Primary School polling place on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northam, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/13)

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Polling place at Wundowie Primary School on voting day for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Northam, Western Australia, 14 October, 2023 (Item PIC/21347/14)

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