A form letter addressed to Council members, addressing the events of the previous Full Council Meeting regarding interpersonal conflict between members. The letter states that a Special Full Council Meeting will be held on Sunday 17th October 1971, and that a questionnaire will accompany the letter for members to answer. The letter is signed by Denis Walker and is dated 29th September 1971.

A questionnaire provided to members regarding the events of a previous Full Council Meeting, as well as the answers provided by Tribal Councilors Steven Man, Pastor Don Brady, Sam Watson Sr., Don Davidson, Hansen Sanibo and Denis Walker, as well as Secretaries Cheryl Buchanan and Isobel Ware. Dated 29th September 1971

A copy of a letter addressed to the Financial Coordinator, requesting various records about the Council and its finances, members and meeting minutes. The letter is written by Len Watson and is dated 7th October 1971.

A copy of a letter replying to Len Watson's request for records, written by Denis Walker. The letter states that Council records are open to any financial member, and that Watson's requests could not be accommodated. Walker addresses each of Watson's requests notifying him of where to find the requested information himself. The letter is dated 12th October 1971.

A copy of a letter addressed to Barrie Dexter, Director for the Office of Aboriginal Affairs. The letter addresses concerns that the Commonwealth Office intends to withdraw financial support from the Council, due to ongoing factional and interpersonal conflict within the Council. Walker explains that this is due to dissenting views about changes in the structure and objectives of the Council, and that records and documentation of Council affairs are public to members to encourage transparency and honesty in Council matters. The letter is dated 8th October 1971.

A copy of a letter written by Barrie Dexter in reply to Denis Walker's letter of concern regarding the possible withdrawal of financial support from the Council by the Commonwealth Office. The letter states that while no decision has been made, Dexter has concerns about the conduct of the Tribal Council and the personal behaviours of some elected Councillors. Dexter states that at present he could not possibly recommend to the Minister that the hostel operated by the Council continue to be funded. Dexter requests that evidence be provided to disprove these allegations. The letter is dated 14 October 1971.

A copy of a petition written by a collection of concerned Council members, demanding a dissolution of the Council and an impartial inquiry be conducted into Tribal Council affairs. The petition posits that Council leadership had misappropriated Council funds, enacted decisions that were not permitted by the Council’s constitution, and carried out a meeting on 16th September 1971 that was uncharacteristically formal and was intended to stifle dissenting opinions and during which members are alleged to have used threatening and inflammatory language. In addition to the Council’s dissolution and investigation, the petition demands that no grants or funding are made to the Council or any of the groups associated with it. The letter is undated and unsigned, but refers to events throughout 1971.

A reply to an anonymously written memorandum and petition that sought the dissolution of the Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council. The reply, written by Denis Walker, addresses allegations of misappropriating Council funds and of contravening Council meeting practices to enact his agenda. Walker also addresses Council members who communicated with individuals and institutions external to the Council about internal disputes, denouncing these actions as antithetical to the principles and ideology of the Tribal Council. Walker submits two motions. The first motion is to assert that Council matters cannot be dictated by bodies outside the council, and the second motion is to expel members who use these tactics and brand them as traitors. The letter is dated 17th October 1971.

Minutes from an Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Council meeting held on 17th October 1971 at Paston Don Brady’s Church Leichardt Street Spring Hill. The meeting addresses ongoing disputes between members of the Council. The authors of an anonymous petition sent to the Commonwealth Office of Aboriginal Affairs were identified as Len Watson, Cynthia Watson, Lilla Watson, Harold Bayles, Laurel Bayles, Maureen Bayles, Janie Arnold and Sidney Coolwell. Thiad admission lead to these individuals being labelled as traitors and formally expelled from the Tribal Council. The minutes are dated 18th October 1971.

Copy of a form letter sent to Len Watson, Lilla Watson, Cynthia Watson, Sidney Coolwell, Maureen Bayles, Harold Bayles, Laurel Bayles and Janie Arnold, authorised by Denis Walker. The letter notifies the recipients that at a full council meeting on 17th October 1971, a motion was passed by Full Members, and that their actions had been deemed traitorous to the Aboriginal & Islanders Tribal Council and had therefore been expelled. The letter also cites two clauses from the Council's Constitution as reason for their expulsion, and was accompanied by a copy of the minutes for the Council meeting. The letter was dated 20th October 1971.