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- 1980-1981 (Creation)
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Fair Play Committee, often stylised as FAIR PLAY, was founded during the lead up to the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. It was based in Brisbane, Queensland. The Committee's key objectives included effecting the relocation of the Commonwealth Games away from Queensland due to the state's record on human rights, and informing other countries participating in the Games of the legislative situation in Queensland, particularly with regard to repressive laws and the impact on the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Much of the activity of Fair Play involved direct approaches to Commonwealth countries and African sporting bodies. Unable to determine when the Committee disbanded.
Publicists included Michael Finucan, Margot Foster, Anne Jones, Ralf Loveday and Steve Stockwell.
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Previously titled as: [Records concerning sport and politics], 1980 Jun 13 - 1981 Jul 7.
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Materials, primarily typescript, some signed and some with handwritten notes, relating to Fair Play Committee, an organisation opposed to holding the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, due to laws affecting civil liberties. Materials comprise leaflets, newspaper cuttings, press releases, a telegram, and a newsletter. Also includes correspondence between Fair Play and Amnesty International Australian Section (now Amnesty International Australia), the Aboriginal Treaty Committee, the Australian Government, the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, National Sports Council of Tanzania, and Action for Aboriginal Rights.
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Orphan work. The rightsholder for this work cannot be identified, or is identifiable but cannot be found, after a reasonably diligent search. If you believe you are a rightsholder for this material, please contact Fryer Library directly at fryer@library.uq.edu.au.
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- Fair Play Committee (Subject)
- Commonwealth Games (12th : 1982 : Brisbane, Qld.) (Subject)
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Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 22-Jan-2025.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.