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- 1983 (Creation)
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3 leaves
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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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Typescript; 3 leaves; with handwritten notes and emendations; two of the pages are typed on the back of research material that appears to have been used in the writing of the book on cane growers by Muriel Langford or perhaps someone from OPAL which have dates up to 1983; undated. People mentioned include: Cheryl Buchanan, Jean Phillips, Bowman [?] Johnson, Auntie Janie Arnold, AICC (Aboriginal and Island Catholic Commission), FAIRA (Federal Aboriginal and Island Research Association) and John Bjelke-Petersen.
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- English
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Box 1 Folder 19
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Previously housed in Box 2 Folder 8
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Created, Linda Justo, 21-Sep-2023.