To alter the constitution so as to omit certain words relating to the people of the Aboriginal race in any state and so that the Aboriginals are to be counted in reckoning the population.
Commonwealth advertisement, The West
Australian, 1 May 1967.

Our personal sense of justice, our common sense, and our international reputation in a world in which racial issues are being highlighted every day, require that we get rid of this out-moded provision.
Commonwealth of Australia, Referendum document, 6 April 1967

Before 1967 you had to apply for citizenship rights. They’d check up with the police what kind of person you were, then write you a letter saying if you got it or not. My Dad applied but they refused because he was known to have a drink and he lived in a camp.
Pat Kopusar, Yes Aborigines do count! 1967-1992, Wangka Maya, Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, May 1992.