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|contents=According to the National Museum of Australia, "From the first federal electoral Act in 1902 to 1965, when the last state changed its law, tens of thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were subject to regulations which prohibited them from voting at federal and state elections. It wasn’t until 1984 that Indigenous people were finally treated like other voters and required to enrol and vote at elections." | |||
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https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/indigenous-australians-right-to-vote | |||
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Australia
According to the National Museum of Australia, "From the first federal electoral Act in 1902 to 1965, when the last state changed its law, tens of thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were subject to regulations which prohibited them from voting at federal and state elections. It wasn’t until 1984 that Indigenous people were finally treated like other voters and required to enrol and vote at elections."
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/indigenous-australians-right-to-vote