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Easter 1970 and the origins of the National Tribal Council : a personal view

  • F2012
  • Item
  • 1970

A paper, duplicated typescript, eleven pages, about the history of the formation of the National Tribal Council. Also details Pittock's experiences in his role as Convenor of the Legislative Reform Committee of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI), and attending the thirteenth annual Conference of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra in 1970.

Pittock, A. Barrie, 1938-

Queensland Council for Civil Liberties briefing material : Commonwealth Games Act, street march ban, award wages on reserves

  • F2034
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  • 28 Sep 1982

Duplicated typescript document, 25 leaves, unpaginated, compiled by the QCCL and released on 28 September 1982. The document takes issue with the Commonwealth Games Act 1982 and the powers it affords police and specially deputised persons; the attempts of the Queensland Government to ban street marches not approved by the Queensland Police; and the lack of payment of award wages on Aboriginal Australian reserves. Also includes political cartoons and newspaper cutting collages throughout.

The following is listed on the index page, after the cover page:

  1. Commonwealth Games Act Commentary by Q.C.C.L.
  2. Correspondence to Prime Minister Fraser [Malcolm Fraser] re Games Act
  3. Commonwealth Games - A Survival Kit prepared by D.C. McKelvey [David Chris McKelvey], Lecturer in Law, University of Queensland
  4. "[Land Rights:] Are You Game? Protest and Sport in Queensland", Legal Service Bulletin, August 1982 by Peter Applegarth
  5. Criticism of Police Minister Hinze's [Russ Hinze] refusal to gazette Orders-in-Council and to specify "prohibited things" under the Act
  6. The Police Commissioner's March Ban Declaration
  7. The Police Department's Double Standard
  8. Editorial, Telegraph, 23.9.82, comparing the Games Act with South African assembly laws
  9. Queensland street march laws and peaceful public assembly - a recent example
  10. Liberal Party Director says Games Act "basis of a police state"
  11. No case for games laws
  12. Existing laws more than adequate
  13. Australia the big loser in Brisbane

The following is listed on the same index page, under the heading 'Award wages':

  1. Commentary on reserve wages by Q.C.C.L.
  2. Letter to Minister for Aboriginal and Island Affairs (state) Tomkins [Ken Tomkins]
  3. Letter to (federal) Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Wilson [Ian Wilson]
  4. Letter from Minister for Aboriginal and Island Affairs (state), Porter [Charles Porter]
  5. Letter from Minister for Aboriginal and Island Affairs, Tomkins
  6. D.A.I.A. [Department of Aboriginal and Island Affairs] Wages to Reserve Aborigines

Queensland Council for Civil Liberties

Fair Play Committee Records

  • F2156
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  • 1980-1981

Materials, primarily typescript, some signed and some with handwritten notes, relating to Fair Play Committee, an organisation opposed to holding the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, due to laws affecting civil liberties. Materials comprise leaflets, newspaper cuttings, press releases, a telegram, and a newsletter. Also includes correspondence between Fair Play and Amnesty International Australian Section (now Amnesty International Australia), the Aboriginal Treaty Committee, the Australian Government, the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, National Sports Council of Tanzania, and Action for Aboriginal Rights.

Fair Play Committee

Conservation

White leaflet with black text criticising the Queensland Government for its stance on mining enterprises and the negative environmental impacts of the exploitation of natural resources. Takes particular issue with the impact of oil drilling on the Great Barrier Reef. Also refers to the treatment of Aboriginal peoples as the first inhabitants of Queensland. Text is preceded by an illustration of a disembodied hand carving out a piece of the state of Queensland with a knife. Verso features a collage of newspaper headlines relating to environmental risks and disasters. Undated.

Fair Play Committee

Civil liberties in Queensland: police powers

White leaflet with black text criticising Queensland police. Refers to the Lucas Inquiry. Ends with the argument that Brisbane is not a suitable venue for the Commonwealth Games. Text is preceded by a political cartoon of a constable taking a statement from a person while blocking the ears of the typist recording the statement. Verso features another political cartoon of a group of people in a jail cell labelled 'Queenslanders'. Undated.

Fair Play Committee

Racial equality and fair play

Half fold brochure, black type on white paper. Details the different ways Queensland laws negatively impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, such as in the areas of censorship, alcohol consumption, management of property, wages, mining and land rights. Takes particular issue with the Aborigines Act 1971 and the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971. Text is preceded by an illustration of what appears to be the silhouettes of two Australian Aboriginal people standing on a shore, watching as a ship approaches. Undated.

Fair Play Committee

Uranium mining in Queensland

White leaflet with black text criticising the Queensland Government for its stance on nuclear power and treatment of individuals and organisations against nuclear power. Ends with the argument that Brisbane is not a suitable venue for the Commonwealth Games. Text is preceded by an illustration of an anti-nuclear power symbol accompanied by the statement 'This is a nuclear-free zone'. Verso features an illustration of a nuclear waste bin. Undated.

Fair Play Committee

Fair Play

Information leaflet describing the purpose and objectives of Fair Play, particularly regarding its desire to effect a the relocation of the Commonwealth Games away from Queensland. Ends with a call for support. Undated.

Fair Play Committee

Democracy in Queensland

White leaflet with black text providing arguments for why Queensland should not be considered a democracy. Undated. Cites voting statistics for the 1974 and 1982 elections. Text is preceded by an illustration of a swastika made out of bananas. Verso features a political cartoon of a newspaper salesperson standing in front of a jail cell; one of the newspaper headlines implies an inmate inside the cell is a newspaper editor.

Fair Play Committee

Reclaim the night : a women's only protest march to stop sexual violence

Flyer, possibly created by the Women's House Shelta, for a protest march through Brisbane, to be initiated from King George Square on Friday 27 October, in an unspecified year. It is to be followed by a women's festival of entertainment at Kurilpa Park. The flyer is printed in black on purple paper, on both sides. Information is given about the demands which will be highlighted by the march.

Women's House Shelta

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