The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), established in 1990 under the Hawke government, was an Indigenous-elected national representative body with both administrative and representative functions that aimed to increase Indigenous participation in the public sector, particularly in regard to government processes that affected the lives of Australian Indigenous peoples.

The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) is a not-for-profit charity, Aboriginal community organisation and law practice based in Adelaide, South Australia. ALRM has both a criminal case section and civil section. The organisation receives funding under the National Legal Assistance Program. Additionally, ALRM organises social programs to assist Aboriginal people persons recently released from custody, and advocates on legal and policy questions that affect Aboriginal people.

Robert (Bob) Weatherall (Kamilaroi and Ngemba) is an Indigenous activist born and raised on the Balonne River in St George, Queensland. He worked in shearing sheds before moving to Toowoomba where he studied performing and visual arts at the Darling Downs Institute. He worked briefly as an actor at the Black Theatre in Redfern and a musician, eventually forming his own country folk band, Old Dog Soup. Bob spent most his adult life in Brisbane and Toowoomba. He was the CEO of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) from 1980 to 1994, and played a major role in establishing the Tent City in Musgrave Park and other demonstrations around the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games. In 2023 he received the Red Ochre Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement.

Jennifer Poulter writes as J.R. Poulter and J.R. McRae. Under the first name she writes children's books, stories and verse and does some illustrative work. Under the second name she is a literary poet, artist and photographer. Jennifer also worked as a Senior Education Officer with the Queensland Studies Authority and Senior Librarian at the State Library of Queensland.

Michael (Mick) Miller was an Indigenous activist born in 1937. He was posted to Cairns at a young age to work as a schoolteacher, and it was around this time he became involved in Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander affairs. He served as the Chairman for the North Queensland Land Council (NQLC), during which time he helped established the Wuchopperen Health Service. Mick died in 1998 at the age of 61.

From Palm Island. Served as the State President of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Legal Service (ATSILS) around the early 1980s.

Patricia Lauril Ward was born on 10 April 1924. Her name in Queensland Family research service has her name as Patricia Laurie Ward, when she married Dermot Clark Ryan on 24 February 1949. In 1995 Pat Ryan arranged a reunion of the 1945 Physio graduates on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of graduation from the University of Queensland. She died on 14 July 2019.

The Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) was formed in Queensland in 1977 after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community delegates from across Queensland, including from rural towns and isolated reserve communities, decided to establish a functional organisation to change legislation referred to as the 'Black Acts'. In 1981 FAIRA was involved in an extended tent embassy in the King George Square and in 1982 played a major role in organising protests around the Brisbane Commonwealth Games. After the Black Acts were terminated in 1984, FAIRA continued to campaign for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at the local, national and international levels. FAIRA was founded and continues to be operated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is funded independently, and its purpose is to fight racism, have the rights of Indigenous Peoples recognised and respected in Australian law and secure Land Rights. FAIRA utilises research-based actions to address exploitation and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Publicists - Paul Braddy, Don Davidson, Shane Hoffman, Morgan B. Howe, Liz Johnson, P Jones, Les Malezer, Steve Mam, Noel Preston, John Warby.

Coordinator for the Queensland Committee for Aboriginal Land around the late 1970s or early 1980s. Unable to locate further verifiable biographical details.

Justice '88 (or Justice 88), a non-Indigenous coalition in support of sovereignty for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, was formed in November 1987 and was based out of West End, Brisbane. It was connected to the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA). It provided a focus for non-Indigenous support for the struggle of land rights and aimed to build support for bicentennial protests. Justice '88 held meetings every Sunday at 69 Thomas Street in West End, which was, in 1980s, a house that belonged to a Christian community called House of Freedom. The weekly meetings continued until an unknown date. Justice '88 no longer appears to be in existence. Unable to determine when the organisation disbanded.