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University of Queensland Aboriginal Land Rights Support Group

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1982-1984?

The objectives of the University of Queensland Aboriginal Land Rights Support Group was to support the activities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in connection with the Land Act Amendment Act (1982) and the Commonwealth Games and to involve sections of the white community in the struggle for land rights. Group may only have been active from 1982 to mid 1980s.
Publicists - Lee Lacy.
Notes: Associated with the Black Protest Committee, the Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group and the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action.

International Tropical Timber Council

  • US DLC no 90001996
  • Corporate body
  • 1983-

The International Tropical Timber Council is the governing body of the International Tropical Timber Organization.

Capricorn Conservation Council (Qld.)

  • AU NLA 35057655
  • Corporate body
  • 1973-

Not for profit environment organisation in Central Queensland. Objectives:
• To promote the natural environment and work towards ecological sustainability.
• To protect the ecological integrity, environmental values and biodiversity of CQ region.
• To prevent over-exploitation and destruction of our environment, natural resources and biota.
• To facilitate and encourage community engagement in environmental protection and conservation work.

Queensland Homefront 1939-1945 Oral History Project

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1992

The project was funded by The University of Queensland Foundation Ltd, an independent operation. It was led by Dr Kay Saunders, Reader in the Department of History at the University of Queensland. A book entitled Australia's frontline ; remembering the 1939-1945 war was published as a result of the project.

Campaign Against Racial Exploitation

  • AU NLA 35656018
  • Corporate body
  • 1973-1990?

The Campaign Against Racial Exploitation (CARE) was a national anti-racist umbrella organisation. Its activities focused on anti-apartheid and Australian Aboriginal issues. It was formed in 1973 as the first national anti-apartheid and anti-racism network in Australia. Their newsletter ceased in 1990.

Anti-Uranium Action Group

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1984

This group appears to have been a Brisbane group and may have only been active in 1984.

Campaign Against Nuclear Power (Qld.)

  • AU NLA 35938906
  • Corporate body
  • 1976-1983

Campaign against Nuclear Power, based in Queensland produced a newsletter from 1976 to 1983 when it ceased publication. This may reflect how long the organisation existed.
Objectives - The cessation of the mining and export of Australian uranium; the prevention of the establishment of any aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle associated with nuclear power generation within Australia; the establishment of nuclear weapons-free zones in the Australian region; the adoption of a socially and environmentally desirable non-nuclear energy policy in Australia; any other objectives set out in the policy of the Campaign.
Publicists - Sandra Bloodworth, Bruce Cowell, Bruce Doyle, Ian Henderson, Bob Phelps, Heather Williams.

Friends of the Earth

  • AU NLA 35104812
  • Corporate body
  • 1973-

Friends of the Earth (FOE) (1973- ).
Objectives - To conserve, restore and rationally utilize the ecosphere; to stimulate a movement towards an ecologically stable and self-managed society; to preserve the natural environment in Australia; to promote public awareness of environmental issues in Australia.

Australian Conservation Foundation

  • US DC n80046795
  • Corporate body
  • 1967-

Australian Conservation Foundation (1967- ).
Objectives - To conserve the natural resources of the country including air, water, soil, forests, minerals, wildlife and the natural beauty of the landscape; to influence those who make decisions affecting the environment; to oppose developments which threaten major environmental degradation.

Pauline Hanson Support Movement

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1996-1997

The Pauline Hanson Support Movement was a community organisation launched in October 1996 by Gold Coast resident Bruce Whiteside. Impressed by Pauline Hanson's hostility to Asian immigration, multiculturalism and government support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Whiteside's goal was to organise active community support for Hanson and her politics. In April 1997 the Support Movement's membership list was used to register the political party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, with Hanson as the leader.

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