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- 1964 (Creation)
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1 leaf ; 26 cm
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Barry Eastwood Christophers. Born 6 September 1922. A medical practitioner, executive member of the Federal Council for the Advance of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, secretary of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement's Equal Wages Committee, and president of the Council for Aboriginal Rights (Victoria). Died 15 November 2020.
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Leaflet containing an article reprinted from Smoke signals, the official magazine of the Aborigines Advancement League, written by Barry E. Christophers, who was, at the time, president of the Victorian Council for Aboriginal Rights (CAR). The article protests on behalf of Aboriginal peoples alleged discrimination within the Tuberculosis Act 1948, including the way tuberculosis allowances are paid. It ends with a request to the Minister of Health to amend the legislation.
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In copyright. Contact the Fryer Library. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 31-Jan-2025.
Revised, Linda Justo, 26-Sep-2024.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.