evidence: The longstanding myth that Indigenous people were classified as "fauna" under a Flora and Fauna Act until the 1967 referendum is gaining new life ahead of the vote on a proposed voice to parliament. [...] This is false. While Aboriginal people were subject to discriminatory laws and treatment, experts told AAP FactCheck they were never classified under any "Flora and Fauna Act" – which has never existed in any jurisdiction. [...] The claim Indigenous people were legally classified as fauna prior to the 1967 referendum is false.