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History of the Foundation.

Copy of a typescript, written 12 months after the establishment of FAIRA, detailing the purpose of the organisation, as well as the Foundation's key people, sources of funding, areas of spending, and projects. Ends with an appeal to churches to help financially support the Foundation to keep it operating. First page has a black and white illustration of an elder conversing with a boy under a tree.

Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action

Short-cut to justice.

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

Commission on wages and employment, legislative reform, fringe settlements, education....

Typescript pages of activities of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement relating to aspects of their constitution. Each 'Commission' has a policy and associated action programme. The commissions are one page long and are: Commission on wages and employment; Commission on legislative reform; Commission on fringe settlements; and Commission on education. The last page concerns reserves, missions and settlements; tribal reserves; and community development.

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