Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Council for Aboriginal Development
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1978-1981
History
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.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
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Control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created, Linda Justo, 15-Nov-2023.
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Sources
Parliament of Australia. (1978). 'Council for Aboriginal development meets' Parliament of Australia press release, accessed online 15-Nov-2023.
Stone, J (2017) 'Aboriginal policy : 50 years of failure', Quadrant, accessed online 15-Nov-2023.