Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship

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The Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (AAF) was a

Aborigines Protection Board, the wider issues of wage parity and full citizenship for Aboriginal Australians.[1]

History

The organisation was founded in 1956 by a group of Aboriginal (including Pearl Gibbs, Charles Leon, Ray Peckham, Herbert Stanley "Bert" Groves,[2][3][4] Grace Bardsley,[5] and Joyce Clague[6]) and non-Aboriginal (Faith Bandler, Jack Horner, and Len Fox)[2] social activists, with the intention of creating a partnership between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to achieve social justice for Aboriginal people. They saw the need to educate non-Indigenous people about some of the injustices and discrimination suffered by Aboriginal people.[1] Groves was the inaugural president of the association.[7] Charlie Leon's wife Peggy was also a member of the executive.[8]

Leon succeeded Groves as president, serving from 1958 to 1967, and in 1969.[8]

Meetings and conferences

The first public meeting was held in

trades unions and the Union of Australian Women, affiliated themselves and helped to distribute the petition.[1]

Delegates from the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship attended the conference in

Victoria)).[11]

The AAF held its first

Labor premier Bob Heffron. In August 1962, Section 9 of the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 was repealed, allowing the consumption of liquor by Aboriginal people.[1]

Other activities

The Fellowship also lobbied for

NSW Housing Commission eventually bowed to pressure and built suitable accommodation and an historical and cultural centre for the residents.[1][13]

Publications

The Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship issued a bulletin from 1960 to 1968, called Fellowship: Monthly Bulletin of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship.[14]

Dissolution

The organisation dissolved in 1969, as other, Aboriginal-run, organisations took over the work that it had been doing,[citation needed] including the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Pollock, Zoe (2008). "Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship". The Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship". A History of Aboriginal Sydney. University of Sydney. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. doi:10.25904/1912/3292. Retrieved 2 October 2022. PDF
  4. ^ Duncan, Alan T. (1996). "Herbert Stanley (Bert) Groves". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 2 October 2022. This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, (Melbourne University Press), 1996
  5. ^ "Three Tributes to Pearl Gibbs" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 7 (1 (1901-1983)). 1983. Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via Australian National University.
  6. ^ a b "Aboriginal organisations in Sydney". Barani. 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "A change is gonna come (Timeline, 1900–2010)". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  8. ^ a b Horner, Jack (2012). "Leon, Lester (Charlie) (1900–1982)". Lester (Charlie) Leon. ANU. Retrieved 2 December 2020. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (MUP), 2012. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Collaborating for Indigenous Rights 1957–1973: Organisations". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  10. The Dictionary of Sydney
    . Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Northern Territory Council for Aboriginal Rights". National Museum of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  12. ^ "History of La Perouse". La Perouse Land Council.
  13. ^ "1960s". A History of Aboriginal Sydney. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  14. ^ Fellowship : Monthly Bulletin of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (library catalogue entry), Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship, 1960–1968, retrieved 3 November 2022 – via Trove

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