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Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Questions prepared for submission to candidates at public meetings or by correspondence.
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
President's report to Annual Conference, April 1966
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Report from the President of the FCAATSI, Joe McGinness to the Annual Conference in April 1966. Typescript with handwritten annotations.
McGinness, Joe, 1914-2003
Petition for a referendum to remove discrimination against Aborigines from the federal constitution
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Four page leaflet issued by the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement detailing Section 51 and Section 127 of the Australian Constitution, the reasons why these sections need to be changed, the rights of Aboriginal people on settlements and reserves in five states and the Northern Territory, list of organisations affiliated to the Federal Council. One the last page: "Authorised by Mr. Stan Davey, General Secretary for Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement". Undated.
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Notes on FCAATSI conference, Canberra, April 1-4 1969
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Typescript notes with handwritten note, possibly incomplete and author unknown. Notes from the speakers at the conference included: Alan Duncan, Gordon Bryant, Eric Onus, Jack Davis, Roy Dadaynga, George Winungokdj, Win Branston, Barrie Pittock, Barry Cohen, Joyce Clague, Kath Walker, Joe McGinness, Bobbie Brown, Harry Hall, Bruce McGinness, John Thomas, and Mrs Tucker.
Newspaper cuttings, 1961 to 1972
Part of Oodgeroo Noonuccal Papers
This file consists of three items:
National petition towards equal citizenship for Aborigines
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Blank petition form requesting Section 127 and the discriminatory words in Section 51 be removed from the Constitution by the holding of a referendum "at an early date". At foot of leaflet: "Authorised by Mr. Stan Davey, general secretary for the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, on behalf of 34 affiliated organisations from all Australian States and Northern Territory ... petition to be returned by February 28th, 1963."
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Meeting notes include a report by the Convenor J. S. Baker on trade union action and the Aboriginal Advancement Movement; Roper River Strike and needs at Wattie Creek; the new A.C.T.U. Committee and the work of the State Committee of Unions Working on Aboriginal Problems; and union delegates attitude to questions of voting.
Letter from Dr. B. Christopher regarding the trust fund system in Queensland, 16 November 1970
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
Form letter to accompany a statement and campaign leaflet on the Trust fund system in Queensland (no attachments) on letterhead of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Barry Christophers was an executive member of F.C.A.A. & T.S.I.
Christophers, Barry E. (Barry Eastwood), 1922-