One People of Australia League Ephemera
- FVF269
- File
- 1970-1989
Leaflets, booklets, event notices and a statement produced by members of the One People of Australia League (OPAL).
OPAL (Organisation)
One People of Australia League Ephemera
Leaflets, booklets, event notices and a statement produced by members of the One People of Australia League (OPAL).
OPAL (Organisation)
Why and how OPAL began and how it worked
Part of Jackie Huggins Collection
Three typescript drafts about One People of Australia League (OPAL), written by Muriel Langford. These expand on the untitled manuscript about how OPAL began but with more information about Muriel's personal experiences in India and when she arrived in Australia and greater detail about how OPAL began and what it did.
Many of the pages in the first draft are on the back of other material; some pages have been pasted or sticky taped together; has no title, 23 leaves in length; undated; accompanied by a short summary, perhaps for a speech.
The second draft is on continuous computer paper and has the title 'Why and how OPAL began, and how it worked'; has handwritten emendations; 28 leaves, numbered; on the last page handwritten in blue pen is 'Copyright ME Langford, 1989 and'.
The third draft is on continuous computer paper and has the title 'Why and how OPAL began, and how it worked'; has handwritten note on the first page 'Draft Reminiscences. E & OE!! Copyright' ; 28 leaves, numbered; on the last page handwritten note 'PO [?] Muriel Langford. Copyright'.
Langford, Muriel E., 1913-2003
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters
Part of Oodgeroo Noonuccal Papers
Correspondence, reports, ephemera, and articles have been collected around the areas of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters: culture and cultural events; education; politics; rights; welfare; and SEMP (Social Education Materials Project).
Ephemeral material, partial articles and reports, photocopied material, and newspaper cuttings held in the Culture and cultural folder include:
Newspaper cuttings, 1961 to 1972
Part of Oodgeroo Noonuccal Papers
This file consists of three items:
Draft manuscript that begins 'We had some rich months in East Devonport, Tasmania'
Part of Jackie Huggins Collection
Typescript draft, 16 leaves, undated. Gives an account of Muriel and Bernard Langford's arrival in Tasmania in 1955, their time in Tasmania, and life in Brisbane (they moved there in 1957) including her involvement with various groups until her involvement in OPAL.
Langford, Muriel E., 1913-2003
Draft of thesis Involvement in OPAL
Part of Jackie Huggins Collection
Partial biography of Rita Huggins: 'Involvement in OPAL’, BA Honours Thesis, Flinders university, 1989 (1 page of unknown manuscript inserted between pages 34 and 35)
Huggins, Jackie
Black type on double-sided white paper. Provides information about the history, purpose and aims of OPAL, particularly across the spheres of housing, education, employment and welfare and social relations.
OPAL (Organisation)
Bird's eye view of what we do, OPAL Brisbane Branch.
Half fold brochure, black type on yellow paper. Provides information on activities, projects and initiatives of OPAL, including the OPAL magazine, Miss OPAL Quest, bursaries and scholarships, holidays, career fairs, and art exhibitions.
OPAL (Organisation)
Exhibition of traditional Aboriginal art.
Copy of a flyer, black handwriting on yellow paper, advertising an exhibition of traditional Aboriginal art to be held from Monday 5 July to Friday 9 July at the Queensland Room, McDonnell & East Ltd Building, arranged by OPAL. Exhibition will feature Arnhem Land bark paintings, carvings, weapons, artefacts and feathered headdresses.
OPAL (Organisation)
Statement in support of Aboriginal land rights.
Black type on white paper with author's original signature in blue pen. A statement written to affirm the OPAL Board's support for Aboriginal land rights, while addressing the issue of the loss of Aboriginal lands due to acts of encroachment by mining companies. Argues for Australia to establish a Claims Commission, modelled on that of the Indian Claims Commission in the USA, with the power to award compensation to Aboriginal Australians for dispossession of their land. Signed by Neville T. Bonner, President OPAL.
OPAL (Organisation)