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Fair Play Committee Records

  • F2156
  • Item
  • 1980-1981

Materials, primarily typescript, some signed and some with handwritten notes, relating to Fair Play Committee, an organisation opposed to holding the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, due to laws affecting civil liberties. Materials comprise leaflets, newspaper cuttings, press releases, a telegram, and a newsletter. Also includes correspondence between Fair Play and Amnesty International Australian Section (now Amnesty International Australia), the Aboriginal Treaty Committee, the Australian Government, the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, National Sports Council of Tanzania, and Action for Aboriginal Rights.

Fair Play Committee

Land rights - an urgent appeal

Duplicated circular letter from the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders titled 'Land rights - an urgent appeal', dated 1 September 1977, and sent from Woden, Australian Capital Territory. Takes issue with the negative impact of uranium mining in Australia on Aboriginal communities, particularly in the Alligator Rivers Region and East Alligator Region. Appeals for support and donations to launch an education and advertising campaign to raise awareness about land rights issues. Mentions the recent formation of an Anti-Uranium Sub-Committee of FCAATSI. Signed off by Marcia Langton, General Secretary, FCAATSI; Jim Keefe, Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs; Tom Uren, Deputy Leader of the Opposition; George Georges, Opposition Whip in the Senate; Cyril Primmer, Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria; Jim Roulston, Vice President Australian Council of Trade Unions; Allen, Sorrensen, Australian Conservation Foundation; Penny West, Campaign Against Racial Exploitation; Pam Hartgerink, Friends of the Earth; Frnak Muller, Movement Against Uranium Mining; and Ian Macdonald, Executive Member, National Youth Council of Australia.

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Wattie Creek report

Duplicated typescript report prepared by Stan Pelclczynski, Treasurer of the Federal Council for Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, dated 29 August 1974. Pelclczynski recounts a visit to spend time with the Gurindji people at Wattie Creek between 27 July and 9 August 1974. Also mentions Cheryl Buchanan and Wave Hill.

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Roberta Bonnin Papers

  • UQFL529
  • Collection
  • 1974 - 2003

Playscripts, posters, articles, research notes, transcripts and publications.

Bonnin, Roberta Harriet

Annual report-Housing convenor

Two copies of a duplicated typescript annual report from the Housing Convenor, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Presented at the Sixteenth FCAATSI Annual Conference in Brisbane, 20-22 April 1973. Provides information on the state of public housing for Aboriginal peoples across different states.

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

FCAATSI report Central Australia Northern Territory

Duplicated typescript report Joyce Clague (or Joyce Claugue), State Secretary for Central Australia and Northern Territory, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Presented at the Sixteenth FCAATSI Annual Conference in Brisbane, 20-22 April 1973. Provides information on a push for wage equality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal employees, the need for mobile health clinics and other health services, a request for social service pensions, and other matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Central Australia and Northern Territory. The second leaf appears to be an attachment to the report but is inconsistently paginated (as 2). It argues for the urgent need for teachers educating Aboriginal children to receive special race relations training to combat prejudice and ignorance.

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

FCAATSI report South Australia

Duplicated typescript report by Vince Copley (Vincent Warrior Copley), State Secretary for South Australia, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Presented at the Sixteenth FCAATSI Annual Conference in Brisbane, 20-22 April 1973. Provides information and updates on various activities and issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in South Australia, including efforts to establish a community centre, the ownership transfer of Point Pearce to the Aboriginal Lands Trust and the Trust's purchase of Everard Park and Wardang Island, the appointment of Home Hygiene Officers to address Aboriginal health matters, activities of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, employment of Aboriginal teacher aides, and housing shortages.

Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

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