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After which event were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples included when counting Australia's population?

  1. aThe arrival of the First Fleet
  2. bThe 1967 referendumCorrect answer
  3. cThe start of the gold rush
  4. dThe end of World War I

Why?

Indigenous peoples were left out of the population count until after the 1967 referendum. Australians voted in that referendum to change the Constitution.

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