Does Australia have a flora and fauna act? Yes Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Does the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 mention aborigines? No The word is not included in the act. Are aborigines protected by the Australian Constitution? Yes But not until the Constitution was amended in 1967. Were aborigines ever referred to as fauna? Yes These depictions of Aboriginal people were dehumanising, positioning them as non-people and non-citizens. For example, in a 1929 report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution of the Commonwealth, there is a chapter called 'Aborigines, Fauna and Flora, Fisheries and Forestry', which represents Aboriginal people as not fully human (Byrnand 2015). Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton was recently quoted as saying that while Aboriginal people were not officially classified by the colonial state as fauna, their treatment by the state was nonetheless akin to that of animals (Das 2018) Were Aboriginal Australians ever referred to as flora and fauna? The myth that the Constitution included a reference to the Aboriginal people under a "flora and fauna" section is entirely erroneous. The words "flora and fauna" do not appear anywhere in the Constitution, nor did they prior to 1967. There was no "Flora and Fauna Act" either. No legislation referred to or classified the Aboriginal people in such terms.
A law called The Flora and Fauna Act classified aboriginal people as animals until Australian voters overturned it in the 1960s.
Classify the veracity of the claim based on the provided question-answer pairs.

Claim: A law called The Flora and Fauna Act classified aboriginal people as animals until Australian voters overturned it in the 1960s.

Evidence: Does Australia have a flora and fauna act? Yes Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Does the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 mention aborigines? No The word is not included in the act. Are aborigines protected by the Australian Constitution? Yes But not until the Constitution was amended in 1967. Were aborigines ever referred to as fauna? Yes These depictions of Aboriginal people were dehumanising, positioning them as non-people and non-citizens. For example, in a 1929 report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution of the Commonwealth, there is a chapter called 'Aborigines, Fauna and Flora, Fisheries and Forestry', which represents Aboriginal people as not fully human (Byrnand 2015). Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton was recently quoted as saying that while Aboriginal people were not officially classified by the colonial state as fauna, their treatment by the state was nonetheless akin to that of animals (Das 2018) Were Aboriginal Australians ever referred to as flora and fauna? The myth that the Constitution included a reference to the Aboriginal people under a "flora and fauna" section is entirely erroneous. The words "flora and fauna" do not appear anywhere in the Constitution, nor did they prior to 1967. There was no "Flora and Fauna Act" either. No legislation referred to or classified the Aboriginal people in such terms.

Options: 

 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
refuted
Classify the veracity of the claim based on the provided question-answer pairs.

Claim: A law called The Flora and Fauna Act classified aboriginal people as animals until Australian voters overturned it in the 1960s.

Evidence: Does Australia have a flora and fauna act? Yes Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Does the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 mention aborigines? No The word is not included in the act. Are aborigines protected by the Australian Constitution? Yes But not until the Constitution was amended in 1967. Were aborigines ever referred to as fauna? Yes These depictions of Aboriginal people were dehumanising, positioning them as non-people and non-citizens. For example, in a 1929 report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution of the Commonwealth, there is a chapter called 'Aborigines, Fauna and Flora, Fisheries and Forestry', which represents Aboriginal people as not fully human (Byrnand 2015). Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton was recently quoted as saying that while Aboriginal people were not officially classified by the colonial state as fauna, their treatment by the state was nonetheless akin to that of animals (Das 2018) Were Aboriginal Australians ever referred to as flora and fauna? The myth that the Constitution included a reference to the Aboriginal people under a "flora and fauna" section is entirely erroneous. The words "flora and fauna" do not appear anywhere in the Constitution, nor did they prior to 1967. There was no "Flora and Fauna Act" either. No legislation referred to or classified the Aboriginal people in such terms.

Options: 

 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
user
refuted
assistant