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Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Queensland
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Richard Martin - Black artist

The cover letter which accompanies the two page leaflet is signed by L. G. McBride, who was part of the Committee for the Release of Richard Martin and president of the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines & Torres Islanders. It is dated 4 September 1973. The leaflet gives an account of the life of Richard Martin. There are two copies of the leaflet. One copy says: "published by Amnesty International, Queensland Section and the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders." The second copy of the leaflet says "Authorized by E. Bertossi", August 1973.

Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Objectional features of the new Aborigines and Islanders Affairs Bill. Protest now to your State M.P.

Leaflet calling for protests to the new Queensland Government Bill to replace the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Protection and Preservation Acts regarding omissions relating to voting rights, land tenure, equal wages, education, and cultural preservation.

Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders