File FVF754 - Ephemera relating to 25th anniversary dinner of the 1967 Civil Liberties March

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FVF754

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Ephemera relating to 25th anniversary dinner of the 1967 Civil Liberties March

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  • 1992 (Creation)

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1 folder ; 36cm.

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(1966-1969.)

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The Students for Democratic Action was formed in Brisbane in 1966. Later changed its name to Society for Democratic Action.

Objectives - To work against nuclear war, the Vietnam war, conscription, world poverty and the unwarranted interference of the State. Emphasized participatory democracy and the superiority of morality over material values. Believed that democratic freedom had to be fought for and, once achieved, had to be protected.

Publicists - Mick Bergin, Tony Bowen, Carlene Crowe, David Guthrie, Alan Knight, Matthew Lambourne, Janita Laver, Dave Nadel, Phil Richardson, Dick Shearman (in addition to those in Students for Democratic Action).

Organisers included Jim Prentice, Greg Mallory, Lorraine Dyer, Paddy McCorry, Janine Bell, Dan O'Neill, Mal Price, Merv Partridge.

Notes: Involved in Civil Liberties Co-ordinating Committee (1967). Linked with Students in Dissent and University Conscription Committee. In March 1968 S.D.A. founded FOCO at Trades Hall as an independent, radical cultural centre It involved music, poetry, film, theatre, a bookshop and a newsletter. FOCO was closed by the Trades and Labor Council in May 1969. The dissolution of S.D.A. in April 1969 reflected a desire to find revolutionary forms of action.

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Previously titled: Society of Democratic Action Ephemera

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Flyers and documents relating to anniversary dinner and associated events, including new issue of student publication Student guerrilla. Organisers for the 25th anniversary dinner of the 1967 Civil Liberties March in 1992 included Jim Prentice, Greg Mallory, Lorraine Dyer, Paddy McCorry, Janine Bell, Dan O'Neill, Mal Price, Merv Partridge. On September 8 1967 leaders from the Society for Democratic Action (SDA) addressed a mass meeting of University of Queensland staff and students. Four thousand students and staff, approximately half the campus population, marched without a permit from this forum at St. Lucia, up Coronation Drive to Roma Street. When confronted with Police, the marchers linked arms and sat down on the road. Over 100 student protesters were arrested, and many were left bruised and bloodied in the clash with the Police.

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  • English

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Alma MMS ID

991013879995703131

Libraries Australia ID

63482410

OCLC Number

1058876944

Alma MMS ID

991013879995703131

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Revised

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Revised, Linda Justo, 10-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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Sources

1967 Civil Liberties March and Sit-down in Roma Street, Brisbane website, accessed online 10-Aug-2021. Wotherspoon, M. (2021) '50 years direct action, Brisbane, 1967-2017', Westender, accessed online 10-Aug-2021.

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