Guide to the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 / by Claire Williams.

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PIC/21359/1-16

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: February 2024

Collection Summary

Creator
Williams, Claire
Title
Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 / Claire Williams.
Date Range
2023
Collection Number
PIC/21359/1-16
Extent
16 items (16 photographs) : TIFF files, colour
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 the "Canberra Walk for Yes" event which started near the National Library of Australia and headed along Commonwealth Avenue to Parliament House. The collection documents the walk attendees and speakers including Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Violet Sheridan and Bundjalung man and community leader Joe Hedger.

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-vn10018007).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of item], Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 17 September, 2023 / by Claire Williams., National Library of Australia, PIC/21359/[item number]'.

Source of description

Titles of individual photographs based on information supplied by the photographer.

Item Descriptions

Crowd assembled near the National Library of Australia for the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/1)

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Crowd assembled near the National Library of Australia for the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/2)

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Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Violet Sheridan addressing the crowd at the opening of the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/3)

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Bundjalung man and community leader Joe Hedger addressing the crowd at the opening of the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/4)

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Yes to the Voice banner being carried by leaders of the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/5)

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View of the crowd at the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Langton Crescent, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/6)

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Yes to the Voice banner being carried up Federation Mall by the leaders of the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/7)

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Attendees walking up Federation Mall during the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/8)

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Attendees holding signs walking up Federation Mall during the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/9)

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Attendees walking up Federation Mall during the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/10)

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Attendees walking up Federation Mall during the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/11)

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Yes sign being held aloft at final meeting point of the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/12)

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Attendees gathered at Federation Mall during the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/13)

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Sign being held aloft at the final meeting point of the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/14)

1 item,

Lone Vote No sign being held at the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/15)

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Yep sign being held aloft at the Canberra Walk for Yes event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T., 17 September, 2023 (Item PIC/21359/16)

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