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Robin Gibson and Partners

  • AU NLA 1474926
  • Corporate body
  • 1958-2013

Robin Gibson established an architectural practice in Brisbane under the name R. F. Gibson Architect in the late 1950s, employing student architects Gabriel Poole, Geoffrey Pie and Robert Collin. Around 1970 the practice was renamed Robin Gibson and Partners. Over the next three decades the firm was responsible for some of the most prominent public architecture in Brisbane, including the various stages of the Queensland Cultural Centre, the Queen Street Mall, and the ANZAC-Post Office Square redevelopment. The practice was wound up in 2013 when Gibson retired.

Bligh, Jessup, Bretnall and Partners

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1957-1997

Having trained under William Hodgen Jr, Arthur W. F. Bligh established his own architectural practice in Toowoomba in 1926. In 1933 Bligh moved to Brisbane, where he developed a strong reputation in the housing sector. His innovative use of brickwork was the foundation of his early success and contributed to the growth in popularity of brick homes in Brisbane in the pre-war years. After the appointment of Colin Jessup as a full partner in 1946 and Athol Bretnall in 1957, the firm took the name Bligh, Jessup, Bretnall and Partners. The practice continued after Bligh's retirement in 1974. In 1977 the firm was renamed Bligh Voller Nield Architecture; which was shortened to BVN Architects in 2009.

Council for Aboriginal Development

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1978-1981

The first meeting of the Council for Aboriginal Development was held in Alice Springs on 24 July 1978. The Council for Aboriginal Development was one of group of bodies recommended be established by the Committee of Inquiry into the Role of the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee in 1976. One of the tasks of the Council was to consider whether the Commonwealth Electoral Act should be amended to provide for compulsory enrolment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The functions of the Council for Aboriginal Development were taken over by the Aboriginal Development Commission in 1981.

Flavelle Bros. & Roberts

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1868-1891

From 1850 the business was known as Flavelle Brothers, run by John and Henry Flavelle. John Roberts joined the brothers in 1868 when the firm became know as Flavelle Bros & Roberts. In 1891 Robert Sankey became a partner the firm. From that time the firm was known as Flavelle, Roberts and Sankey.

Australia Aboriginal Development Commission

  • AU NLA 35576169
  • Corporate body
  • 1977-1990

The Council for Aboriginal Development was formed in 1977 and was a formal advisory body to the Commonwealth Government on programs and policies affected the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 1980 the functions of the Council for Aboriginal Development were taken over by the Aboriginal Development Commission. On 5 March 1990 the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Aboriginal Development Commission merged to become the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Australia Department of Aboriginal Affairs.

  • US DLC n 50069244
  • Corporate body
  • 1972-1990

On March 5 1990 the Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and the Aboriginal Development Commission merged to become the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Women's Community Aid Association

  • AU NLA 36536054
  • Corporate body
  • 1973-

Women's Community Aid Association (1973-).
Objectives - To establish a women's centre in Brisbane to provide education programmes and resources aimed at changing the sexist nature of society and to provide support and help for women with immediate problems including educational, legal, health, information and counselling services.
Publicists - J. Abbs, Gill Calvert, Jane Calvert, Jennie Harvie, Ruth Matchett, Barbara Wertheim.
Notes: The Association was responsible for the establishment of Women's House in 1973. The Women's Community Aid Association was a Brisbane-based feminist organisation founded in 1974 to advocate and agitate for women's rights, and provide health, counselling and other services to women in Brisbane.

Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council (Brisbane, Qld.)

  • AU NLA 72893626
  • Corporate body
  • 1970

The Aboriginal and Islanders Council, also, known as the Brisbane Tribal Council.
Objectives - To assist Aboriginals and Islanders in coping with all aspects of life in and around Brisbane, to promote the well-being of Aboriginals and Islanders, to encourage the education of Aborigines and Islanders, to preserve the cultures of the indigenous inhabitants of Australia and of Torres Strait Islanders and to provide premises for the Council.

Black Rights Committee

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1972

The Black Rights Committee appears to have been a University of Queensland student initiative. Its address was a P.O. Box in Toowong. Ephemera is from 1972.

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