On Oct. 14, Australians will vote on a referendum that would officially recognize its Indigenous populations for the first time and enshrine a permanent Indigenous body in the constitution — a so-called “Voice to Parliament.” In the first of a three-part series, The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports from Sydney on the country’s historic persecution of Indigenous people, and why the referendum has become so controversial.
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