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Notes on FCAATSI conference, Canberra, April 1-4 1969

Typescript notes with handwritten note, possibly incomplete and author unknown. Notes from the speakers at the conference included: Alan Duncan, Gordon Bryant, Eric Onus, Jack Davis, Roy Dadaynga, George Winungokdj, Win Branston, Barrie Pittock, Barry Cohen, Joyce Clague, Kath Walker, Joe McGinness, Bobbie Brown, Harry Hall, Bruce McGinness, John Thomas, and Mrs Tucker.

Letter from Dr. B. Christopher regarding the trust fund system in Queensland, 16 November 1970

Form letter to accompany a statement and campaign leaflet on the Trust fund system in Queensland (no attachments) on letterhead of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Barry Christophers was an executive member of F.C.A.A. & T.S.I.

Christophers, Barry E. (Barry Eastwood), 1922-

Vote 'yes' for Aborigines.

Two page leaflet supporting the Yes vote in the 1967 Referendum to amend the constitution to include Aboriginal people in the census and allow the Federal government to create laws for them. The leaflet was "authorised by Mrs. Kath Walker, Qld. Secretary, Federal Council for Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAA) and Secretary, Qld. Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Islanders (QCAATI)."

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Allegations of racism & prejudice practised by Townsville police against coloured folks of that city.

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.

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National petition towards equal citizenship for Aborigines

Blank petition form requesting Section 127 and the discriminatory words in Section 51 be removed from the Constitution by the holding of a referendum "at an early date". At foot of leaflet: "Authorised by Mr. Stan Davey, general secretary for the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, on behalf of 34 affiliated organisations from all Australian States and Northern Territory ... petition to be returned by February 28th, 1963."

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

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