The theme of Diversity Week (14th - 18th May 2007) is "We All Count". A new display in the Law Library was produced with the assistance of a Diversity Week Grant and focuses on the 1967 Referendum and the subsequent Constitutional changes.

The referendum is frequently but incorrectly believed to have given Indigenous Australians citizenship rights and the right to vote.

The referendum did however change the Constitution to enable all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be counted in the national census for the first time, and secondly it enabled the Commonwealth to pass legislation for the benefit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (resulting in the passage of bills related to matters such as land rights and cultural heritage preservation).

The display comprises of posters created by Law Library staff and related material from the Library's collection including photographs and documents from the Fryer Library. An online version of the display can be seen here

You may also be interested in an online exhibition created by the Fryer Library which depicts the events preceding and following the 1967 Referendum