Accompanied by material from interstate branch including Nuclear Free Pacific Co-ordinating Committee.

Carbon copy typescript of Die Gliederung der australischen Sprachen : geographische, bibliographische, linguistische Grundzuge der Erforschung der australischen Sprachen by Wilhelm Schmidt publication in 1919 ; translated from the German by D. Clark for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; 1972. Item contains cut and paste inserts from original publication. Schmidt wrote about the classification of Australian languages; linguistic evidence - phonology, pronouns; comparative vocabularies; distribution of languages and bibliography.

Asks for support for campaign by the National Tribal Council against the Queensland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders' Affairs Act, 1965.
Letter signed by Len Watson, Education Officer.

Photocopy of typescript (31 leaves) of the Submission presented by the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Islanders to the Select Committee appointed to examine the Queensland Governments' Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Acts 1939 to 1946. Last page [32] is the Executive Recommendation on Aboriginal People from the ACTU Congress in 1963. Accompanying these is a letter on Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Islanders letterhead, signed by Kath Walker as Secretary, with a note: The material in the attached "Submission" is NOT for publication without the written permission of the above Council.
The submission includes: purposes of the Acts; definition of 'Aboriginal'; Director, protectors and superintendents; Aboriginal councils; land; reserves; family; alcohol; property; health; education; language in education; wages and employment; and wills and estates.