[Victorian Aboriginal Group and National Association for the Advancement of the Native Race, documents]

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Accession[1987.0162] Papers of the Leeper FamilyIdentifierUMA-ITE-1987016200084Scope and ContentDocuments of the Victorian Aboriginal Group (V.A.G.), many [but not all] about the amalgamation with the National Association for the Advancement of the Native Race (N.A.A.N.R.). Includes correspondence, reports, petitions, meeting invitations and agendas, receipts, and lists, some of which are undated, and some of which are hand annotated. Selection of materials include [not exhaustive]: meeting agenda titled "Victorian Aboriginal Group Amalgamated with National Association for the Advancement of the Native Race Annual Meeting"; Document titled "Suggested Constitution for V.A.G. and N.A.A.N.R."; "Aboriginal Land Rights" [1976]; Two excerpts from 'Aboriginal Affairs' [5 October 1976], pages 1468-1472 and 1485-1487; 1 page of a letter sent to Valentine Leeper from Groote Eylandt Mission [8 July 1962] discussing the Indigenous people at the Mission and current events there.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1987.0162 Unit 0004

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CreatorLeeper FamilyRoleProvenance

Dates

Date1956-1982

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Previous System ID1987.0162.00084

Subjects

SubjectAboriginal AustraliansHabitation - NomadismLand rightsPolitics and Government - Civil rights and citizenshipReligions - Christianity - MissionsSites - Sacred sitesSocial identity - Mixed descentSubject (Place)Angurugu (Groote Eylandt NT Gulf Islands SD53-07)Gunbalanya / Oenpelli (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01)

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[Victorian Aboriginal Group and National Association for the Advancement of the Native Race, documents]