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Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (1958 - c. 1978)

From
February 1958
Australia
To
c. 1978

Summary

The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders developed out of a meeting of interested groups who met in Adelaide in 1958. FCAATSI opened membership to Aboriginal advancement organisations and to other organisations which supported FCAATSI's platform. One of FCAATSI's major campaigns was for constitutional change, which was instrumental in establishing the 1967 Referendum. FCAATSI split in 1970, when the National Tribal Council was formed. In March 1978 it changed its name to the National Aboriginal and Islander Liberation Movement, but this organisation never met.

Sources used to compile this entry: Horton, David (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, 2 v. (xxxiii, 1340 p.) pp.

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Archival resources

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

  • Annual report by N.S.W. State Secretary; FCAATSI; Faith Bandler, 1965, RS 24/1; Bandler, Faith Ida Lessing (c. 1918 - ); Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Details

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

  • Papers of Daisy Marchisotti 1905 - 1982, 1905 - 1982, UQFL156; Marchisotti, Daisy Elizabeth (1904 - ?); Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Faith Bandler - further papers, 1875, 1945-1997, MLMSS 6243 ADD-ON 2196; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Faith Bandler - papers, 1968 - 1992, MLMSS 6243; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers of Charles Perkins, 1956 - 1993, MS 8047; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
  • Papers of Jack Horner, 1974 - 1980, MS 9503; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Bandler, Faith, Turning the tide : a personal history of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1989, 173 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Joe McGinness, 'What FCAATSI fought for', in Son of Alyandabu : my fight for Aboriginal rights, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld., 1991, p. 121. Details

Journal Articles

  • Read, Peter, 'Cheeky, insolent and anti white: the split in the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Easter 1970', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 36, no. 1, 1990, pp. (73)-83. Details
  • Taffe, Susan, 'Witnesses from the conference floor : oral history and the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders [Paper in: Fresh Cuts: New Talents 2001, Ruinard, Elizabeth and Tilley, Elspeth (eds.).]', JAS, Australia's Public Intellectual Forum, no. 67, 2001, pp. (10)-21,206-208.. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • 'F.C.A.A.T.S.I. Conference / "Aborigines in Politics"', Identity, 01 Jul, pp. 4-7, 17. Details
  • Attwood, Bain; Markus, Andrew, 'Representation matters : the 1967 referendum and citizenship', in Peterson, Nicolas; Sanders, Will (ed.), Citizenship and Indigenous Australians: Changing Conceptions and Possibilities, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ; Melbourne, 1998, pp. 118-140. Details
  • Attwood, Bain; Markus, Andrew, '(The) 1967 (Referendum) and all that : narrative and myth, Aborigines and Australia.', Australian Historical Studies, vol. 29, no. 111, 1998, pp. 267- 288. Details
  • Boyle, Helen, 'An Aboriginal activist talks about her life', Direct Action, 3 Mar, p. 17. Details
  • Briscoe, Gordon, 'Aboriginal health: some of the political issues involved', Identity, vol. 4, Oct, 1981, pp. 31-32. Details
  • Caine, Barbara (ed.), Australian Feminism: A Companion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, 607 pp. Details
  • Conference on Aboriginal Affairs (8th : 1965 : Canberra, A.C.T.) (ed.), Reports and resolutions, Canberra, 1965, 51 pp. Details
  • Darling, Elaine, 'They spoke out pretty good: the leadership of women in the Brisbane Aboriginal rights movement, 1958/ 1962', Melbourne Historical Journal, vol. 24, 1996, pp. (87)-103. Details
  • Horner, Jack, 'From Sydney to Tingha: early days in the Aboriginal/ Australian Fellowship', Aboriginal History, vol. 11, no. 1-2, 1987, pp. 33-40. Details
  • Horton, David (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, 2 v. (xxxiii, 1340 p.) pp. Details
  • Langto, Marcia; Barry, Kristen, 'Aboriginal women and economic ingenuity [Changing white perceptions of Aboriginal culture and the role of women in that culture]', in Caine, Barbara (ed.), Australian Feminism: A Companion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998. Details
  • Tripcony, Penny, 'The Commonwealth Referendum of 1967 and Australian Indigenous citizenship : an interpretation of historical events', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (1998), vol. 4, no. 2, 2001, pp. 26-33. Details

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Created: 27 August 2002, Last modified: 3 March 2009

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