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Losing Faith: Why Faith Bandler felt the 1967 referendum’s promise was betrayed

I met Faith Bandler in 2007. I was making a radio documentary for the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, when an overwhelming majority of Australians voted to change the…

A lead campaigner for the “yes” vote, Faith was a radical in her own way: a socialist with an ASIO file, who with Aboriginal activist Pearl Gibbs and Jessie Street formed the…

Glen 2bHer ideas weren’t radical enough for some, particularly after the…

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