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- 1987 (Creation)
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1 leaf ; 30 cm.
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A special committee established to help organise a march for land rights and to protest the celebrations for Australia's bicentenary. Planning for the march launched nationally on 4 July 1987. Aside from acting as a counterpoint to the bicentenary celebrations, the aim of the march was to draw national and international attention to the ongoing impacts of colonisation and issues regarding the health, education, welfare, imprisonment rates and deaths in custody of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The resulting march was attended by more than 40,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples and non-Indigenous supporters. It was, at the time, the largest march ever held in Sydney since the Vietnam moratoriums. The march arrived in Hyde Park, Sydney, on Australia Day, 26 January 1988. Reverend Charles Harris was a leading figure of March 88 Committee. The Committee was connected to the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) through Reverend Harris. Unable to determine when the Committee disbanded.
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From UQFL468 Jackie Huggins Collection.
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Typescript letter dated 1 September 1987 and addressed, "Dear friends". The letter explains the purpose and objectives of the March for Justice, Freedom and Hope. It describes the plan for supporters from all over Australia to gather in Sydney by 22 January 1988 to participate in a number of events, including a prayer vigil, in the lead up to the march from Railway Square to Hyde Park on 26 January 1988. The letter also mentions a coordinator has been appointed for the march but does not name the coordinator; this could be a reference to Reverend Charles Harris.
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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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- English
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- Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (Subject)
- Harris, Charles, 1931-1993 (Subject)
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Created, Kymberley Bax, 22-Apr-2024.