<P> Campaigns for indigenous civil rights in Australia gathered momentum from the 1930s . In 1938, with the participation of leading Indigenous activists like Douglas Nicholls, the Australian Aborigines' League and the Aborigines Progressive Association organised a protest "Day of Mourning" to mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of British settlers in Australia and launched a campaign for full civil rights for all Aborigines . </P> <P> In 1949, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1949 reversed Garran's interpretation of section 41 and confirmed that all those who could vote in their states could vote in federal elections . This gave the right to vote to Aboriginal people in all states except Queensland and Western Australia . Also, those who had served in the military were expressly entitled to vote . </P> <P> In the 1960s, influenced by the strong civil rights movements in the United States and South Africa, many changes in Aborigines' rights and treatment followed, including removal of restrictions on voting rights . In 1962, the Menzies Government amended the Commonwealth Electoral Act to give Indigenous people the right to enrol and vote in Commonwealth elections irrespective of their voting rights at the state level . If they were enrolled, it was compulsory for them to vote as per non-Indigenous citizens . However, enrolment itself was not compulsory . Western Australia gave Indigenous citizens the vote in the State in the same year, and Queensland followed in 1965 . </P> <P> Until 1967, section 127 of the Australian Constitution prohibited Indigenous Australians from being counted in the population . With the repeal of the provision by a referendum in 1967, Indigenous Australians were counted in the population . This took place from the 1971 census, which subsequently affected the distribution of electoral seats, especially in Queensland and Western Australia . </P>

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