The group hoped to petition Queen Elizabeth, during her visit to Australia in 1954, for restoration of the provisions of Section 70. Written by McLeod, this letter to Western Australian Premier Bert Hawke is in Mitchell’s name.
Cooperative Group Hopes to Petition Queen Elizabeth
Citation
Ernie Mitchell to Premier Bert Hawke, 25 January 1954, SROWA, 1953/0127/109-10.
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Repeal of Section 70 Caused Unjust Conditions for Aboriginal People
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On the eve of the strike in 1946, McLeod referred to the repeal of Section 70 as the root cause of unjust conditions that Aboriginal people were no longer prepared to tolerate, a position that the group continued to maintain in the years that followed.
Section 70 and Social Service Benefits
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The Call for Aboriginal Control of Funding
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