National Tribunal Council
At the 1970 Congress of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI), the National Tribunal Council (NTC) was founded, which was divided into the Brisbane Tribunal Council and Victoria Tribunal Council .
These new forms of organization were an expression of the fact that young active Aborigines wanted to set up new forms of organization with the exclusive participation of Aborigines and that they wanted to accelerate the political process. Furthermore, it can be seen that the political Aborigines turned to local sources of conflict and so the first local interest groups such as the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) and in 1971 the Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) were founded in Redfern , a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales .
The political statements of the National Tribunal Council were: " The representatives of the Aboriginal and Islander peoples of Australia reaffirm our pride in our own history, culture, and achievements as peoples ... Today we assert our right to stand in full economic, legal, and social equality beside white Australians, with whom we wish to live in peace and harmony ... We stand for self-reliance. We hope for aid both morally and financially, but cannot be dependent on it. We depend on our own efforts, on the united stance of our own people .... "
The National Tribal Council worked for about three years, and after the Labor Party election in late 1972, the Aborigines turned more to local rather than national interests.
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- ↑ Organizations on indigenousrights.net.au ( Memento of the original dated August 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. National Tribunal Council
