Alec Jolly, another prominent communist, called a public meeting that led to the formation of the Committee for Defence of Native Rights.
Formation of Committee for Defence of Native Rights
Citation
Alec Jolly, circular letter, 20 May 1946, SROWA, 1945/0800/156.
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Despite the organisation’s broad base, the involvement of prominent communists, such as author Katharine Susannah Prichard, who wrote this flyer, resulted in it being labelled a communist front organisation by its critics.
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