Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Aborigines Advancement League (Vic.)
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- A.A.L.
- AAL
- Aborigines Advancement League (Victoria)
- Victorian Aborigines Advancement League
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Description area
Dates of existence
1957-
History
The Aborigines Advancement League (AAL) was founded in Victoria in 1957 as the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League. It drew from two already existing organisations, The Australian Aborigines Advancement League (established in 1932 by William Cooper) and the Save the Aborigines Committee (formed in 1955). Gordon Bryant was president, Doris Blackburn was deputy president, Stan Davey was secretary and Douglas Nicholls was the field officer. The AAL is the oldest Aboriginal organisation in Victoria and has had a long history as a focal point for Aboriginal welfare.
Note - Not to be confused with Aborigines' Advancement League of South Australia.
Publicists - Bob Maza, Doug Nicholls, Doris Blackburn, Stan Davey and Bruce McGuinness, among others.
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Revised
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Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 30-Jan-2025.
Revised by Linda Justo on 16-Dec-2019.
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Sources
Deadly Story (n.d.). 'Aborigines Advancement League - AAL', Deadly Story website, accessed online 30-Jan-2025.
Maintenance notes
Revised with source and expanded history and authority record identifier, Kymberley Doyle, 30-Jan-2025.