Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement
From February 14 to 16, 1958, a conference of various Aboriginal organizations took place in Adelaide , which led to the establishment of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA) and Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI).
Participating organizations
Participating organizations at the conference were the Aboriginal Advancement League from New South Wales , Victoria and South Australia , the Native Welfare Council and Native Welfare Association from New South Wales, the Council for Aboriginal Rights from Victoria, the Aboriginal Australian Fellowship from New South Wales, and the Association for Assimilation Aborigines from New South Wales, United Council for Aboriginal Welfare from Queensland .
Political goals
The focus of the discussion and demands was the recognition of the full citizenship of the Aborigines. Further demands were: demand for a so-called constitutional change, which empowered the Australian governments to enact laws for the Aborigines; equal pay for equal work; equal health care and food, clothing and medicines; Equality of Aboriginal children with other children; End of assimilation policy by the Australian governments.
FCAATSI formed a political platform for Aboriginal organizations and served primarily to implement and prepare the referendum of 1967 for the recognition of full Aboriginal citizenship. The FCAATSI split in 1970 when the National Tribunal Council was formed and it changed its name in March 1978 to the National Aboriginal and Islander Liberation Movement , which, however, did not form politically.
literature
- Bain Attwood (2003): Rights for Aborigines. Allen and Unwin, ISBN 1864489839 (available as a Google Books fragment )
Web links
- Adelaide Conference (PDF file; 380 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from www.womenaustralia.info , accessed on July 12, 2009