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- 6 May 1971 (Creation)
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2 leaves ; 34 cm.
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The Aboriginal and Islanders Council, also known as the Brisbane Tribal Council. Founded in late 1969 to early 1970 and later merged with other Tribal Councils to become the National 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.
Publicists - Denis Walker, Len Watson, Terry Farr.
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Biographical history
Lennard John Watson, known as Len Watson. Wiri Man of the Birri Gubba Nation and a descendant of the Gungalu Nation. Activist for the rights of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. Education Officer for the Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council Brisbane. Member of the National Tribal Council.
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Previously titled as: Letter, 1971 May 6 : Mt. Gravatt, to Secretary, Union of Australian Women.
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Typescript letter, black type on pink paper, addressed to the Secretary of the Union of Australian Women (UAW) Queensland branch, signed by Len Watson, Education Officer for the Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council Brisbane. Requests the support of the UAW for a campaign coordinated by the National Tribal Council against the Aborigines' and Torres Strait Islanders' Affairs Act of 1965
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- National Tribal Council (Subject)
- Union of Australian Women, Queensland Branch (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 29-Jan-2025.
Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.