Flyer advertising forum about Aboriginal land rights held on Sunday 14th July, most likely 1974.

Talking points for a petition launched by the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement seeking a referendum to alter the Federal Constitution to permit the Federal Government to legislate for Aboriginal Australians as for other Australians. Undated, most likely from 1962.

A regional liaison report written by Denis Walker about the Normanton and Kingaroy Incidents written in June 1969.

Form letter regarding the bill to amend the Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Acts. Letterhead include details that gives name of President as R. Perkins and Honorable Secretary as K. Walker. Dated 19th February 1965

Constitution for the institution. Undated, likely to be from 1962.

Discusses Aboriginal policy and administration together with suggestions for improvement, possibly leading up to the 1963 Queensland state election. Date estimated to be 1962. Authorised by Kath Walker.

Leaflet detailing land rights

Brochure constructed of copied black-and-white collages of cuttings of news items regarding Aboriginal peoples, with handwritten notes about the publication date and source of the cuttings.

Duplicated typescript flyer circulated by the Council for Aboriginal Affairs (Victoria) on behalf of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders agreeing with the Country Party of Victoria that the Trust Fund system in Queensland should end. Includes a resolution for 1971 that the Commonwealth Banking Corporation should dissociate itself from this fund by 21 March 1971. Second leaf contains a list of people campaigners can contact to demonstrate support for the campaign.

The collection comprises two bound scrapbooks of records collected by Mary Montgomerie Bennett when compiling the history of her father, Sir Robert Christison; correspondence; and glass plate negatives. The bound volumes include: newspaper cuttings, extracts of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, photographs, reprints of articles, and typescripts written by or relating to Sir Robert Christison and images of and information about the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land. Most of the material covers the period 1870 to 1910. The correspondence is that received by Mary Montgomerie Bennett regarding her book, Christison of Lammermoor. The plates contain images of Lammermoor Homestead, Sir Robert Christison, and various identified Aboriginal Australian individuals of the Dalleburra Tribe, Mitchell District in North Queensland.

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