It's time to fight for land rights
- FVF132-C49.7
- Item
- 1984
Part of Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group Ephemera
Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group
It's time to fight for land rights
Part of Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group Ephemera
Combined Campuses' Land Rights Support Group
Ephemera relating to the Brisbane Three campaign. The Brisbane Three were Denis Walker, Lionel Fogarty (Lacey) and John Garcia.
Brisbane Three
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)
What's the answer? Panel of speakers.
Notice of a public forum to be held at the OPAL Centre on Anne Street in Brisbane on the evening of Friday 27 October. The purpose of the forum is to suggest solutions to problems faced by Aboriginal Australians. The panelists include Denis Walker, J. Herlihy from the Legal Aid Committee, Sam Watson (Junior), Darcy Cummins and a representative from the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Canberra. Chaired by Reverend J.R. Sweet. For more information attendees are encouraged to contact Sam Watson (Senior), Liaison Officer for the Brisbane Branch of OPAL.
OPAL (Organisation)
Part of Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council, Brisbane Ephemera
Leaflet promoting Black Studies Courses run by Abschol and Brisbane Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council in 1971. Includes the programme laid out by the Black Studies Committee, comprised of five weekly courses from 28 September to 26 October 1971.
Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council (Brisbane, Qld.)
Rally for Aboriginal rights 3 & 4 March 1990.
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Trifold brochure, black type on white paper, providing information about a rally organised by FAIRA at Musgrave Park and King George Square in Brisbane.
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
Flyer for UQ Press launch of Son of Alyandabu by Joe McGinness
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Flyer, black type on yellow paper, announcing an event for the launch of publication Son of Alyandabu: my fight for Aboriginal rights by Joe McGinness, organised by FAIRA in conjunction with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and University of Queensland Press. Event held at the Yurri Gurri SkillShare Centre in South Brisbane on Thursday 7 March 1991. Event information on the verso and a black and white photograph of Joe McGinness on the recto, above some biographical information.
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action