- FVF269-O1.1
- Item
- 1971
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)
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)
Album of Charles Kerry photographs
Album of 52 albumen prints, (20 x 15cm) mounted on board. Written on the images in white capital letters are captions, a photographic number and the name of the photographic studio 'Kerry, Photo, Sydney'. Handwritten on the mounting boards are pencil captions, often with less information than the captions on the images and the photographic number supplied by Kerry crossed out and alternative numbering provided. The album itself has been bound and has a handwritten spine title stuck to it "Australian Aboriginal ceremonies". It looks to have been added to the album at a later date, thus not the original title of the album.
The images are of Australian Aboriginal people in what appears to be mostly staged poses for Australian Aboriginal ceremonies, corroborees, dance, tracking, fights as well as photographs of various individuals. Some of the photographs have painted backdrops. Some of the people in the photographs were members of "Meston's Wild Australia" (also know as Archibald Meston's "Wild Australia Show"). There are some photographs that were most likely taken in Sydney in December 1892 by Charles Kerry. This is based on the beach setting and the backdrops being identical to those photographs for Archibald Meston's "Wild Australia Show".
Listed below are the contents of the album. The number corresponds to the page number in the album; the tile is what appears on the image itself; and in brackets is the Kerry Studio photograph number and the alternative number if provided. Information in square brackets is provided by the processing archivist:
Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that photographs may contain images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms and descriptions. The descendants' request was that the subjects of the photos be recognised as Wailwan. None of the descendants expressed any desire to censor or withdraw the photos from general viewing. In particular, women should be cautious when viewing the image as it includes some aspects of traditional Men's Business.
Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1858-1928
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
The first page contains an account of police interactions with members of the indigenous community on the night of New Year's Eve [1971] and early morning of New Year's Day [1972], detailing allegations of racism and prejudice on the part of the police in these interactions. The two remaining pages comprise a letter to the proprietor of the Terminus Hotel detailing a "prima facie case of racial discrimination", with the lack of reply to this noted on the second page.
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
A letter addressed to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, from the Northern Territory Council for Aboriginal Rights. It addresses the issue of lesser citizenship for the "Aborigines of the Northern Territory" as enshrined in the Australian Constitution, and the effects of this treatment on the Aboriginal people. The appeal is made "under the clause of the United Nations Charter which says no people should be discriminated against because of their race or colour", and is signed by Davis Daniels, Secretary. A paragraph on the back page states: "Authorised by Mrs. K. Walker, Queensland Secretary, Federal Council for Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCCA), and Secretary, Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders".
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
An introduction to 'One People of Australia League'.
Black type on white paper. Information booklet. The second page notes it is intended to be the pilot issue of a recommenced quarterly magazine made to raise awareness in the Brisbane community of the work carried out by OPAL. The booklet covers the history, aims and objectives, and key people of OPAL. Includes articles on OPAL's first president Jim Hamilton; Uncle Willie MacKenzie (Geerbaugh), for whom the OPAL Centre (Geerbaugh) on Anne Street was named; the Miss OPAL Quest pageant; and Yelangi Pre-School. Booklet contains an insert of a blank OPAL membership application form; the form indicates it cost $1 to join OPAL and an applicant had to be nominated by two current OPAL members.
OPAL (Organisation)
Annual report 1971. St. Lucia, 1971. (3 p.)
Publicists - Budger Davidson, Jenny McLean, Denis Walker.
Abschol (University of Queensland)
Part of Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation Ephemera
Half fold brochure, black type on white paper, produced by ANTaR QLD, promoting a series of events organised or supported by ANTaR, including 'One Fire', an open forum and discussion group focused on the Murri School, hosted by Tiga Bayles; 'Sea of Ideas' presentation and discussion on 'local dispossession' with Michael Aird; and a 'Colonization Workshop' with Lin Morrow and Andrew Dunstone.
Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation
ANTaR information brochure and membership form.
Part of Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation Ephemera
Trifold brochure, brown type on white paper, produced by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) Queensland, with information on ANTaR and its aims, accompanied by an unfilled membership form.
Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation
ANTaR New South Wales Coalition : who are we?
Part of Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation Ephemera
Leaflet with information on ANTaR New South Wales and its aims. Verso contains a list of organisations that are members of ANTaR NSW, as well as contact details for state and national ANTaR contacts.
Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation
ANTaR New South Wales Coalition : who are we, what are our aims?
Part of Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation Ephemera
Leaflet with information on ANTaR New South Wales and its aims, as well as a list of ANTaR NSW member organisations.
Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation