Aboriginal Australians

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  • LCSH, LC control no.: sh 85009602, accessed online 21-Feb-2025.

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Aboriginal Australians

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Aboriginal Australians

  • UF Aboriginals, Australian
  • UF Aborigines, Australian
  • UF Australian aboriginal people
  • UF Australian aboriginals
  • UF Australian aborigines
  • UF Australians, Aboriginal
  • UF Australians, Native (Aboriginal Australians)
  • UF Native Australians (Aboriginal Australians)

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Aboriginal Australians

525 Archival description results for Aboriginal Australians

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Exhibition of traditional Aboriginal art

Copy of a flyer, black handwriting on yellow paper, advertising an exhibition of traditional Aboriginal art to be held from Monday 5 July to Friday 9 July at the Queensland Room, McDonnell & East Ltd Building, arranged by OPAL. Exhibition will feature Arnhem Land bark paintings, carvings, weapons, artefacts and feathered headdresses.

OPAL (Organisation)

Statement in support of Aboriginal land rights.

Black type on white paper with author's original signature in blue pen. A statement written to affirm the OPAL Board's support for Aboriginal land rights, while addressing the issue of the loss of Aboriginal lands due to acts of encroachment by mining companies. Argues for Australia to establish a Claims Commission, modelled on that of the Indian Claims Commission in the USA, with the power to award compensation to Aboriginal Australians for dispossession of their land. Signed by Neville T. Bonner, President OPAL.

OPAL (Organisation)

What's the answer? Panel of speakers.

Notice of a public forum to be held at the OPAL Centre on Anne Street in Brisbane on the evening of Friday 27 October. The purpose of the forum is to suggest solutions to problems faced by Aboriginal Australians. The panelists include Denis Walker, J. Herlihy from the Legal Aid Committee, Sam Watson (Junior), Darcy Cummins and a representative from the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Canberra. Chaired by Reverend J.R. Sweet. For more information attendees are encouraged to contact Sam Watson (Senior), Liaison Officer for the Brisbane Branch of OPAL.

OPAL (Organisation)

An introduction to 'One People of Australia League'.

Black type on white paper. Information booklet. The second page notes it is intended to be the pilot issue of a recommenced quarterly magazine made to raise awareness in the Brisbane community of the work carried out by OPAL. The booklet covers the history, aims and objectives, and key people of OPAL. Includes articles on OPAL's first president Jim Hamilton; Uncle Willie MacKenzie (Geerbaugh), for whom the OPAL Centre (Geerbaugh) on Anne Street was named; the Miss OPAL Quest pageant; and Yelangi Pre-School. Booklet contains an insert of a blank OPAL membership application form; the form indicates it cost $1 to join OPAL and an applicant had to be nominated by two current OPAL members.

OPAL (Organisation)

Geerbaugh Aboriginal Cultural Centre brochure

Copy of a trifold brochure, brown type on yellow paper, undated, promoting the Geerbaugh Aboriginal Cultural Centre, also known as the OPAL Cultural Centre. Address for the Centre is listed as 466 Ann Street, Brisbane. Features a biography and a black and white photograph of Uncle Willie MacKenzie (Geerbaugh), for whom the Centre was named. Contains a list of items for sale (didgeridoos, boomerangs, spears, bark paintings, shields, paintings, and other artefacts) as well as sketch illustrations of these objects. Includes black and white photographs from inside the Centre showing displays of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and a hand-drawn map of where the Centre is located in the Brisbane central business district.

OPAL (Organisation)

Rally

Advertises a rally for Aboriginal land rights held on Wednesday 4 August 1982 at King George Square, Brisbane. Includes a black and white image of protestors wearing 'Land rights' t-shirts and information under the titles 'Land rights now!' and 'Protest'. Also advertises upcoming events in July, August and September 1982. The item states 'Organised by Combined Campus Land Rights Support Group & Black Protest Committee'.

Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group

Public meeting to organise Games protests

Advertises a public meeting to organise a protest against the Commonwealth Games Act 1982 held on Monday 9 August 1982 at Trades Hall, Brisbane. Includes information under the title 'Support Land Rights: Where do white people fit in?'. The item states 'Authorised by the Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group'.

Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group

Land rights forum

Advertises a land rights forum held on Thursday 16 September 1982 at the Forum Arena, Brisbane. Speakers include the Black Protest Committee from the Land Rights Support Group. Includes information about the intention to protest leading up to and during the 1982 Commonwealth Games. The item states 'Land Rights Support Group, phone Women's Rights Uni of Qld'.

Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group

Free film

Advertises a free film screening of 'On sacred ground' held on Thursday 19 August 1982 at the University of Queensland Schonell Theatre, Brisbane. Includes information under the title 'A case for ownership on land' and information about the weekly Aboriginal Land Rights Support Group meetings.

Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group

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