For what it is worth, I went to an introduction to Electoral Rolls at the State Library of NSW this week and on the handout we were given re eligibility to vote it said 1962 voluntary enrolment for Aborigines and compulsory voting for those already enrolled 1984 compulsory enrolment for Aborigines

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/tindale/

It is still worth a look at early electoral rolls. I have found Aboriginals listed as early as 1903. Noting many of these people were not living at the Aboriginal Camp but on private property http://www.ulladulla.info/history/budawang/rolls.html A good selection of ER at http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/act.htm which include early ACT and Jervis Bay & Wreck Bay Aboriginals and other references At 15:24 25/01/2002 +1100, you wrote: >For what it is worth, I went to an introduction to >Electoral Rolls at the State Library of NSW this >week and on the handout we were given re >eligibility to vote it said > >1962 voluntary enrolment for Aborigines and > compulsory voting for those already enrolled > >1984 compulsory enrolment for Aborigines > > > > >==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database >and Aboriginal links at: >http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm Cathy Dunn