The Commonwealth Electoral Act received assent, extending the option of federal electoral enrolment to Indigenous Australians previously excluded. Some Indigenous people already held voting rights, so this was not their first participation in elections. The reform removed a major racial barrier while enrolment remained optional for Indigenous electors.
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What did Australia’s 1962 federal electoral reform do?
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Some Indigenous people already had voting rights; the reform removed remaining racial exclusions from federal eligibility.
No Indigenous Australian had any voting rights before the 1962 federal electoral reform.
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Some already held voting rights; the reform extended federal eligibility to those excluded.