Open reading, copying and quotation. [Access code A1 B5]
This collection consists of papers relating to Abschol
(University of Queensland). It contains minutes, the Abschol constitution, a
submission on replacing Aboriginal Affairs legislation; book and film
reviews, circulars and other papers relating to the work of Abschol.
In 1977 the name of Abschol (University of Queensland)
was Abschol – University of Queensland Race Relations Office but it was known
as Abschol. The aims of the organization, as outlined in the 1977
constitution, were to promote ‘Aboriginal and Islander education at all
levels’ and to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ‘advancement
in all spheres’. Membership was open to all Australian Indigenous people, and to staff
and students at the University of Queensland.
| Item |
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| 1a-b |
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 3
September, 1973 and of the Committee meeting of 29 October, 1973 |
| 2a-f |
Minutes of 1977 Committee meetings of 10
March; 24 March, 21 April; 5 May; 12 May; and 3 October |
| 3 |
Constitution, 1977 |
| 4 |
‘Submission to the University of Queensland
Union for finance for a project which will help with the replacement of
the Aboriginal affairs legislation in Queensland’ [n.d.] |
| 5 |
Book reviews covering the Aboriginal
content of books being supplied by the Queensland Education Department
for use by students with the new Social Studies curriculum |
| 6 |
‘Film reviews for films about Aborigines
and Aboriginal culture’ |
| 7 |
‘Mass meeting today – no expulsions’ heads letter from Registrar to Dennis Walker in which Walker is
forbidden to enter any university site (1972) |
| 8 |
‘Mass meeting today no expulsions. Call to
attend meeting to defend Abschol and the Black Rights Committee after
three Aborigines excluded from the campus |
| 9 |
Circular requesting tutors for Aboriginal
children |
| 10 |
‘Read it again – the student as a nigger’,
by Paul Riennart (first published on campus 1970) |
| 11 |
Abschol call to abolish Aborigines and
Torres Strait Islanders Affairs Act with mock up of requirements for
Reserve Manager position |
| 12 |
Seminar advertisement with speakers Budz
Odsen on ‘State of emergency in South Africa’, Peter Morwood on ‘Police
action in Queensland the United States’ and Doctor Fahrer, ‘Anthropology
of anti Semitism’ [n.d.] |
| 13 |
Advertisement for an Abschol meeting 14
September, 19?? |
| 14 |
Title unreadable. Background information
relating to Aborigines advertising ‘Black speakers on black rights’
(1972) and ‘March for solidarity for Black rights’ (1972) |
| 15 |
‘New turn in the Black struggle’ |
| 16 |
‘Civil liberties under attack’. Flyer for a
public vigil (1976) |
| 17 |
Circular for meeting where ‘A Brisbane
Black tells why Blacks are occupying the offices of the Australian
department of aboriginal affairs’ (7 August 1975) |
| 18 |
Circular about meeting on Brisbane police
violence |
| 19 |
‘Abschol Black Studies Program’. Flyer
advertising a series of talks |
| 20a-b |
Call for signatures on blank form asking
for abolition of Queensland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Affairs Act 1965 |
| 21a-b |
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
Advancement League (Cairns, Qld), Bulletin no. 165 (1965) and March 1968
[Library also holds Jan-Feb 1968 at RS 21.4/2] |
| 22 |
Call for financial support for a land
rights conference from the Land Rights Committee |
| 23 |
‘The new act: what next for Queensland’s
Aborigines and Islanders’ (1971) |
| 24 |
Letter to Director, Aboriginal & Island
Affairs requesting meeting regarding proposed legislation from seven
organisations concerned with Aboriginal affairs (17 May 1971) |
| 25 |
‘Report of the Abschol Convenor to the
sixteenth annual conference of the Federal Council for the Advancement
of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders convened at Brisbane during
April 20 – 23, 1973’, submitted by Neville Perkins |
