Meiosis is a more specific type of cell division (of germ cells, in particular) that results in gametes, either eggs or sperm, that contain half of the chromosomes found in a parent cell. Unlike mitosis with its many functions, meiosis has a narrow but significant purpose: assisting sexual reproduction.
On 27 May 1967, 90.77% of Australian voters recorded the largest ever âYesâ vote in a referendum to alter the Australian constitution. This referendum finally enabled Aboriginal people to be counted in the national census and to be subject to Commonwealth laws, rather than just state laws.
The Government. At the time of the referendum in 1967, Harold Holt was the Prime Minister and a Liberal Country Party Coalition Government was in power.The Constitutional review process was commenced by Robert Menzies who retired in January 1966.he 1967 referendum received support from both sides of politics, even if this support was not always whole-hearted. Despite this, however, the 1967 referendum did not result in the ending of legal discrimination or in the provision of equal wages for Indigenous people.