"It's like we have been forgotten," says Peggy Slater, an Indigenous resident of Binjari, which is home to over 300 Aboriginal people. She hopes that most of her community vote "yes" on a historic October 14 referendum on Aboriginal rights, in the so-called Voice referendum would give Indigenous Australians the constitutional right to be consulted on policies that affect them. Indigenous people -- whose ancestors have lived on the continent for about 60,000 years -- have shorter lives than other Australians, poorer education and are far more likely to die in police custody. If the referendum passes, Indigenous Australians will be recognised in the constitution for the first time. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES