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ReFore!ndum Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/1/2010
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

In 1962, legislation was put in place to enable Aboriginal Australians to enrol to vote and take part in voting.



In the year ABCD a federal referendum was held to address two issues, the second of which was to alter the Constitution with regard to Aboriginal Australians.

The constitution previously stated the following two texts -

"The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to the people of any race, other than the aboriginal people in any State, for whom it is necessary to make special laws."

"In reckoning the numbers of the people of the Commonwealth, or of a State or other part of the Commonwealth, aboriginal natives should not be counted."

This referendum saw the highest YES vote ever recorded in a Federal referendum, with 90.77 per cent voting for change.


Non indigeous Australian women were given the right to vote in Federal elections in EFGH.


Other interesting information is that in South Australia in 1896, women were given the right to vote in SA parliamentary elections, and in 1898 all Aboriginal men and women were extended this right.


This cache is very simple to solve and access...

South: 35 09.(D+H)(C-H)(F-D)
East: 149 08.(A+E)(F-E)(D-H)


checksum: A+B+....+H = 35

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg’f abg va cynagf be ba cbyrf. Lbh unir gb svfu nebhaq gb svaq vg. Guvf bar jvyy tengr ba lbhe areirf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)