The Council initially believed that cooperatives would enable Aboriginal people to more easily transition from ‘the tribal life to a life as a fully independent worker.'
Council Believes Cooperatives Allow Transition to Independence
Citation
Andrews to the Editor, West Australian, 9 December 1955, Council for Aboriginal Rights Papers, State Library of Victoria, MS 12913/2/3/1357.
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