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Rudi Maxwell and Cassandra Morgan

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Indigenous leaders devastated by failed referendum poll | History Defined

Former politician and Australian athlete Nova Peris has reflected on the voice referendum result. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

The first Aboriginal person to win a gold medal at the Olympics is devastated by the failure of the referendum on an Indigenous voice.

Nova Peris, who is also a former Labor senator, said the result was gut-wrenching.

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