“I was born at a time when the Australian government knew how many sheep there were, but not how many Aboriginal people.. I was 10 years old before the 1967 referendum fixed that. The first 10 years of my life were spent as a non-citizen.”

Linda Burney is the first indigenous woman to be elected to the federal House of Representatives. She’s the member for Barton, and has previously been deputy leader of the NSW opposition. Here’s her maiden speech to the Australian federal parliament.

Lynette Riley, who made the cloak, sings from the gallery around the 8 minute mark.

A few people have posted an extract, so i went looking for the full speech

Also transcript and audio here http://goo.gl/A5iPB2

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