Item Item 2 - Aboriginal Land Rights Campaign - background material

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FVF622-Item 2

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Aboriginal Land Rights Campaign - background material

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  • 1967 (Creation)

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15 leaves ; 34 cm

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(1958-1978)

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A conference in Adelaide in 1958 resulted in the formation of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement. In 1964, the organisation was renamed to include Torres Strait Islanders in the title. Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) was formed to advance the rights of Aboriginal people. The Council included Aboriginal Advancement organisations, unions and church organisations. One of the Council's most successful campaigns was establishing the 1967 Referendum. In March 1978 FCAATSI changed its name to the National Aboriginal and Islander Liberation Movement (NAILM) but the organisation never met. It disbanded that same year after the federal government cut funding.

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Black type on white paper. Comprises an Introduction and Fact Sheets numbered from 1 to 7. The stated purpose of the document is to help campaign workers carry out campaign duties for the 1967 Referendum, from giving speeches and participating in discussions, to writing letters to newspapers and reaching various types of audiences. Topics covered in the Fact Sheets include Aboriginal social conditions, international standards and precedents, Aboriginal land rights, support in Australia through colonial and commonwealth history, and rebuttals for possible objections from pastoralists and mining companies about Aboriginal land rights.

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  • English

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Revised

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Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 30-Jan-2025.
Revised, SJB, 5-Jan-2024.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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