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- 1988 (Creation)
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6 leaves ; 34 cm.
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Muriel Elsie Webb was born in 1913 at West Ham, Essex. She married Bernard Langford and the couple moved to Australia in 1955, settling in Queensland in 1957. Langford soon became involved with the work of Queensland Council for the Advance of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATSI), the establishment of the One People of Australia League (OPAL) in 1961, actively supported the 1967 referendum, and helped lobby for the establishment of the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School in 1986. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland in 1978. She died on 9 January 2003.
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Typescript draft, 6 leaves, with title 'Aboriginal seminar on Prisons', dated 25 Jun 1988. First page typed on the reverse of a flyer address to Rev BL Langford (husband of Muriel Langford) .Includes: statistics from Queensland for incarceration rates and legislation that most affects Australian Aboriginals; and responses from question time (at the seminar) with names of some of the people asking or answering questions provided, including - Nat Foley, Muriel Langford, Henry Collins, Beryl Wharton, Shirleen Davidson, Gloria Purcell. Possibly typed by Muriel Langford.
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- English
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Box 1 Folder 6
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Previously housed in Box 2 Folder 2.
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Created, Linda Justo, 15-Sep-2023.