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Submission presented to the Select Committee appointed to examine the Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Acts 1939 to 1946

  • F3833
  • Item
  • 1963

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Islanders letterhead, signed by Kath Walker as Secretary, with a note: The material in the attached "Submission" is NOT for publication without the written permission of the above Council.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.

Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

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