To those responsible for the welfare of the Aboriginal people on Cherbourg Reserve. Brisbane, 1971
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Act Confrontation Movement
To those responsible for the welfare of the Aboriginal people on Cherbourg Reserve. Brisbane, 1971
Act Confrontation Movement
To those responsible for the welfare of the Aboriginal people on Cherbourg Reserve. Brisbane, 1971
Act Confrontation Movement
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
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Islanders letterhead, signed by Kath Walker as Secretary, with a note: The material in the attached "Submission" is NOT for publication without the written permission of the above Council.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
Sordid Australian racialism - the Queensland Act. Collingwood, Vic. (197?) 4 p. (two versions)
Part of Aboriginal Action Ephemera
Aboriginal Action
Smash the Act. Against all racist legislation. Brisbane, (1974)
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Part of Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
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
Report on the 16th Conference of the FCAATSI
Part of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Ephemera
This typed report from 1973 consists of a report from: the 16th Conference of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders of an extract from a speech by Mr R. Finney, Solicitor for Aborigines & Islanders from the Legal Aid Service; and the keynote address called 'Smash the act' given by Mrs P. Miller of the Council for Aboriginal Rights (Victoria).
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee
Act Confrontation Campaign Committee