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- 1967 (Creation)
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2 leaves ; 26 cm and smaller
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The Aborigines Advancement League (AAL) was founded in Victoria in 1957 as the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League. It drew from two already existing organisations, The Australian Aborigines Advancement League (established in 1932 by William Cooper) and the Save the Aborigines Committee (formed in 1955). Gordon Bryant was president, Doris Blackburn was deputy president, Stan Davey was secretary and Douglas Nicholls was the field officer. The AAL is the oldest Aboriginal organisation in Victoria and has had a long history as a focal point for Aboriginal welfare.
Note - Not to be confused with Aborigines' Advancement League of South Australia.
Publicists - Bob Maza, Doug Nicholls, Doris Blackburn, Stan Davey and Bruce McGuinness, among others.
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Previously titled as: Expo-Aborigine. Melbourne.
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Letter, typescript, and accompanying trifold brochure for Expo-Aborigine, an exhibition held in the Lower Melbourne Town Hall on April 14 to 15, 1967. The letter, one page, promotes Expo-Aborigine as a project headed by the Blackburn branch of the Aborigines' Advancement League (Victoria), in conjunction with the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. The purpose of the project is to inform the public on issues related to Aboriginal peoples. It is signed by the convenor Rev. R.L.G. Croxford. The brochure contains an overview of the reasons for the exhibition, a list of patrons by name, and the program of events across the two days. The front page of the brochure features an illustration of a close-up of what appears to be an Aboriginal Australian man.
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In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 29-Jan-2025.
Revised, Linda Justo, 16-Dec-2019.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.