Typescript pages of activities of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement relating to aspects of their constitution. Each 'Commission' has a policy and associated action programme. The commissions, each one page, include: Commission on wages and employment; Commission on legislative reform; Commission on fringe settlements; and Commission on education. The last page concerns reserves, missions and settlements; tribal reserves; and community development. Unknown author. Undated but likely from 1963.

Duplicated circular letter from the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders titled 'Land rights - an urgent appeal', dated 1 September 1977, and sent from Woden, Australian Capital Territory. Takes issue with the negative impact of uranium mining in Australia on Aboriginal communities, particularly in the Alligator Rivers Region and East Alligator Region. Appeals for support and donations to launch an education and advertising campaign to raise awareness about land rights issues. Mentions the recent formation of an Anti-Uranium Sub-Committee of FCAATSI. Signed off by Marcia Langton, General Secretary, FCAATSI; Jim Keefe, Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs; Tom Uren, Deputy Leader of the Opposition; George Georges, Opposition Whip in the Senate; Cyril Primmer, Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria; Jim Roulston, Vice President Australian Council of Trade Unions; Allen, Sorrensen, Australian Conservation Foundation; Penny West, Campaign Against Racial Exploitation; Pam Hartgerink, Friends of the Earth; Frnak Muller, Movement Against Uranium Mining; and Ian Macdonald, Executive Member, National Youth Council of Australia.

Duplicated typescript report with handwritten pen amendments. Written by Joe McGinness, President, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. It reports on his four-week trip to the Northern Territory from August to September 1970. He visited Darwin and Wattie Creek, and reports on the various issues affecting Aboriginal communities, including land rights and wage disputes.

Duplicated typescript report, black type on blue paper, dated 13th - 15th August, 1965. On 9 August 1965, following reports from the press and Charles Perkins that several Aboriginal Australians were arrested in Walgett for attempting to gain admittance to the lounge of the Luxury Theatre, a meeting was coordinated by Ray Peckham, of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, at the home of Charles Perkins. The meeting was attended by members of Student Action for Aborigines, New Settler League, Tranby Cooperative College, Aborigines Progressive Association, Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship and the Union of Australian Women. One of the outcomes of the meeting was to have a delegation proceed to Walgett in New South Wales. This report is from the delegation's visit. Unknown author; possibly produced by the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement.

Duplicated typescript. First page contains an account of police interactions with members of the Indigenous community in Townsville on the night of New Year's Eve 1971 and early morning of New Year's Day 1972. Details allegations of racism and prejudice on the part of the police in these interactions. Signed off by J. McGinness (Joseph Daniel McGinness), President of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, January 1972. This document is accompanied by a duplicated typescript letter, two pages, dated 13 January 1972, addressed to the proprietor of the Terminus Hotel in South Brisbane, Queensland. This letter details an alleged incident of racial discrimination on the night of 23 December 1971 against a couple of patrons, Colin and Val Blaw. The letter is signed off by Roy Hopkins, Secretary. A typescript addition at the bottom of the second page of the letter notes a lack of reply to the letter and calls for supporters to attend a sit-in at the Terminus Hotel on a forthcoming Monday night, possibly 14 January 1972.

This is a typescript of an article that was authorised by J. Horner, Hon. Secretary of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (AAF). It is a contribution by an unnamed member of the AAF, who teaches in a country High School. The article highlights the educational problems for aboriginal children at the time and includes statistical information.

Manuscript of Labumore (Elsie Roughsey), An Aboriginal mother tells of the old and the new. Includes the original handwritten and typed manuscripts, edited drafts, deletions from edited version , final typescript of the book, and the editorial folder.

This collection comprises written documents collected by Flint mostly as part of a long term research project in the 1960s, known as the Queensland Speech Survey, during which Flint recorded traditional Aboriginal languages. This collection also documents the Yuulngu (Gupapuyngu) language. Other parts of the collection include journal articles of languages, correspondence with field-linguists and staff from academic institutions, Indonesian material, and documentation of the English spoken by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australian and regional pidgins, "migrants" and "mother-tongue" people from different ages, regions or socio-economic groups.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.