Produced by Nahri Forde.
A year after the 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum, Indigenous Australians are expressing continued disappointment in the dominant No vote.
Many are calling for concrete policy changes and meaningful steps toward reconciliation.
But with the utter failure of the first step towards recognition, Indigenous people are beginning to wonder where to go from here.
Will Australia ever truly recognise its dark history?
Featured in this story: Associate Professor Debbie Bargallie, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University; Gail Garrett, Mandandanji woman working for Mona Aboriginal Corporation.
Photo credit: Nahri Forde