- FVF5-A1.1
- Item
- 1971
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Don't blame your Aboriginal Councillors. Brisbane, 1969
Act Confrontation Movement
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)
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Sticker, possibly a bumper sticker, of the Australian Aboriginal flag with FAIRA in white type over the yellow circle (sun).
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
Publicists - Budger Davidson, Jenny McLean, Denis Walker.
Abschol (University of Queensland)
Finance allocated - National Abschol Conference 21st, 22nd and 23rd May, 1971.
Publicists - Budger Davidson, Jenny McLean, Denis Walker.
Abschol (University of Queensland)
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
Photocopy of a notebook kept by Gaulai of Mabuiag in the Torres Strait Islands ; mainly comprises sermons and hymns. These were probably used by Gaulai when he was a lay preacher at Yam Island, Central Torres Strait, in the early 1900s. Includes handwritten genealogical information about Gaulai and his descendants, and five photographs.
Includes notes by donor (2 leaves typescript) on provenance of notebook.
Gaulai
Geerbaugh Aboriginal Cultural Centre brochure.
Copy of a trifold brochure, brown type on yellow paper, undated, promoting the Geerbaugh Aboriginal Cultural Centre, also known as the OPAL Cultural Centre. Address for the Centre is listed as 466 Ann Street, Brisbane. Features a biography and a black and white photograph of Uncle Willie MacKenzie (Geerbaugh), for whom the Centre was named. Contains a list of items for sale (didgeridoos, boomerangs, spears, bark paintings, shields, paintings, and other artefacts) as well as sketch illustrations of these objects. Includes black and white photographs from inside the Centre showing displays of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and a hand-drawn map of where the Centre is located in the Brisbane central business district.
OPAL (Organisation)