Queenslanders for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights Ephemera
- FVF326
- File
- [198-]
Queenslanders for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights
Queenslanders for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights Ephemera
Queenslanders for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Copy of a double-sided leaflet with black type on white paper. The front has an illustration of five Aboriginal Australian boys with their arms around each other. Above and below the illustration are the words 'Blackisms: black is never having any friends except your cousins'. The rest of the page is filled with statements in small print about what it means to be black ('Black is a way of life', 'black is knowing this land is our land', and so on). On the back is a list of items for sale, such as FAIRA badges and t-shirts, Aboriginal flag pins and bags, and various publications pertaining to Aboriginal affairs.
Try telling Queenslanders (Brisbane, 198?)
Part of Queenslanders for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights Ephemera
Queenslanders for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
Brochure constructed of copied black and white collages of clippings of news items regarding Aboriginal peoples, with handwritten notes about the publication date and source of the clippings.
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
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
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
Council for Aboriginal Development Ephemera
Letter, survey, and discussion paper circulated by the Council for Aboriginal Development, a Canberra based organisation, possibly in 1979 on compulsory voting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Council for Aboriginal Development
Letter regarding Commonwealth Voting Rights
Copy of a form letter sent to "Aboriginal organisations and communities" from the Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Development, W.F. Bird with the subject line "Commonwealth voting rights for Aboriginal" [and Torres Strait Islander peoples]. Attached to the letter is a survey and a discussion paper. It is undated but most likely is from 1978.
Commonwealth voting rights for Aboriginals discussion paper
Discussion paper, attached to a letter sent to "Aboriginal organisations and communities" regarding compulsory enrollment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the Commonwealth electoral roll.
Communication to heads of overseas governments.
Part of Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera
A copy of a typescript submission to international heads of governments of countries in Asia, North America, Oceania, Africa and Europe detailing the Australian Government's treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It alleges a conspiracy between the Queensland and Federal governments to avoid taking action in the advancement of Aboriginal affairs and neglect the rights, particularly Land Rights, of Indigenous Peoples. Unsigned but addressed from Robert Weatherall, Mick Miller, Eric Kyle and Lyle Johnson on behalf of FAIRA.
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action