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- 1971
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Publicists - Budger Davidson, Jenny McLean, Denis Walker.
Abschol (University of Queensland)
Straight questions and the facts in answer.
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Half fold brochure, black type on white paper. Lists questions and answers pertaining to facts about Aboriginal peoples, such as who they are, the problems they face, the laws that affect them (The Aborigines Act of 1971), and the issue of Land Rights. Also provides a response to the question 'Will Aborigines disrupt the Commonwealth Games?'.
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
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)
Souvenir of official trips by the Home Secretary, Hon. James Stopford M.L.A.
Album, 32 x 28 x 5 cm, of ninety-two (92) black and white photographs presented to William James Gall of the official trips by James Stopford. The photographs feature James Stopford and William James Gall, as well as others possibly during the period from 1923 to 1928. Stopford was Home Secretary in the Queensland Government from 1923 to 1929. Gall worked as under-secretary for home affairs and protector of Aborigines from 1913 until possibly 1926.
Includes photographs of: Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement (now Cherbourg); Yhurri Gurri ceremonial arch at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement, 3-May-1928; Cherbourg Hospital; Cobbo Williams play acting with Mr Stopford at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement ca. 1925; a resident of Barambah giving a speech to welcome the members of the parliamentary party at the opening of the Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls (The bandsmen, left to right, are Eddie Gilbert, Freddy Martin and Jimmy Dodd); the G-AUER air plane, called Hermes; photographs of a mine; and many unidentified Aboriginal and Torres Straits islander peoples.
Only the last six photographs have notations indicating that the photographs were taken by/belonged to E.W. Dabelstein. The album has the title embossed on the cover with the photographs pasted, generally two per page, onto the leaves which are made of green mid-weight card. There are some panorama photographs which have been folded to fit in the album.
Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.
Stopford, James, 1878-1936
Smash the Act. Against all racist legislation. Brisbane, (1974)
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Part of Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation Ephemera
Half fold brochure with information about the Australian Government's proposed changes, referred to as the 'Ten Point Plan', to the Native Title Act as a result of the High Court Wik decision. Proposes an alternative plan of co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Features a photograph taken in 1997 of Camila Cowley and Aurukun Elder Gladys Tybingoompa standing before the Sea of Hands outside Parliament House in Canberra.
Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation
Show your concern. Brisbane, 197?
Publicists - Budger Davidson, Jenny McLean, Denis Walker.
Abschol (University of Queensland)
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Trifold brochure, black and red type on yellow paper, created to be a 'guide for all Queenslanders interested in the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' and issued for 'National Aborigines Week (6-12 July 1981)'. Provides information on legislative changes required to bring justice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; has a particular focus on land rights. Includes an illustrated map of Queensland and its reserves, from Cherbourg up to Bamaga, as well as an excerpt from the 1938 pamphlet Aborigines claim citizen rights!: a statement of the case for the Aborigines Progressive Association by J.T. Patten (John [Jack] Patten) and W. Ferguson (William [Bill] Patten).
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Copy of a typescript summarising the results of a survey undertaken by the Aboriginal and Islander Legal Service in Queensland in conjunction with FAIRA. Includes information on how and why the survey was conducted.
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action