Yinjilli : bulletin of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement nos. 1 & 2
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- 1963
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Yinjilli, a typescript journal produced by the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA). Two issues, each one leaf, numbered 1 (June 1963) and 2 (August 1963). First issue contains information about the purpose of Yinjilli as well as the history, objectives and activities of the FCAA. Second issue provides information on issues affecting Aboriginal peoples state-by-state across Australia, including: in the Northern Territory, a conflict between the Yirrkala peoples and the Pechiney Aluminum company of France; in Victoria, an ongoing deadlock between Aboriginal peoples and the Victorian Government over the Lake Tyers Mission; in Queensland, the denial of the Tuberculosis Allowance to some Aboriginal peoples; and in New South Wales, updates on a land claim made by the Aboriginal peoples of Cummeragunja.
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders