Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
OPAL (Organisation)
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Other form(s) of name
- OPAL
- One People of Australia League
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Description area
Dates of existence
1961-198-
History
One People of Australia League was established in 1961 as an Aboriginal advancement organisation. It was based in Queensland. The OPAL House on Russell Street in Brisbane was established about 1960 by Joyce Wilding, to accommodate underprivileged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in need of shelter, but was later demolished around 1970 to make way for Expo 88. Residents were transferred to the Joyce Wilding Home at Eight Mile Plains (now the Joyce Wilding Hostel). The OPAL Centre was opened on Anne Street in Brisbane in 1971. It focused on welfare and housing. James (Jim or Jimmy) Hamilton was the first president, serving from 1961 to 1970. Neville Bonner was president from 1970 to 1974. Unable to determine when the organisation disbanded; there is no recent information online about it.
Publicists - Neville Bonner, Caroline Archer, Owen Fletcher, Jim Hamilton, Muriel Langford, Olive Murphy, E. Rallah, Joyce Wilding.
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Status
Revised
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Kymberley Bax, 4-Apr-2024. Revised, Linda Justo, 15-Feb-2024. Revised, Linda Justo, 11-Apr-2023.
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Internal evidence.
Australian Women's Register, accessed online 11-Apr-2023.
Wikipedia contributors. (2022, June 19). 'One People of Australia League', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed online 11-Apr-2023.