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'Editorially: By the time this issue is received, the elections for the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee with have been held. The February issue will provide details of the results along with photographs of the successful candidates.
'In the meantime, Aboriginal News wishes to congratulate all the personnel involved in the planning and the implementation of the many tasks necessary before this historic event could happen at all. Mr John Moriarty, the executive secretary of the NACC Interim Committee and his team at Canberra have achieved a great deal in a short term and no less an effort has been given by the people in the State and Territorial parts of the operation, co-ordinators and enrollers, polling clerks etc.' (Editorial)
Notes
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Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
- Women as Outsiders : A Partial Parallel by Dr C.H. Berndt
- Capital Fund for Aboriginal Enterprises
- The Boomerang Credit Union
- Resource Materials
- Aboriginal Marriage Customs in the 1970's
- Progress and Preservation...The Aboriginal Perspective by Erich Kolig
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Includes statistics of :
- Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme - Distribution of awards by Grade (1970-73)
- Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme - Grants held for selected years, by course - 1969-1973
Contents
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Only Old Alice Can Talk Gujani,
single work
essay
(p. 4-6)
'If I had listened to my grandmother I might have learnt the language, but in those days I wasn't interested.'
'Many people of Aboriginal decent have told me this, with deep regret. Now at last the tide has turned and some of the younger generation are eager to learn about the old languages and traditions. But for the majority of languages of the eastern and southern parts of Australia this change of attitude has come too late, as many are already extinct: in some cases there are only one or two elderly people left who have traditional knowledge, and usually there is no longer any hope of establishing a viable community of speakers.' (Introduction)
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Aboriginal Executive Officer for Aboriginal Hostels Ltd.,
single work
column
(p. 13)'The first Aboriginal appointee to the staff of Aboriginal Hostels Ltd., took ou duty in Canberra on 31 October.' (Introduction)
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Aboriginal Arts Board - Darwin Meeting,
single work
column
(p. 14-17)'The third meeting of the Aboriginal Arts Board was held in Darwin on 11,12 and 13 August. This afforded local groups an opportunity to meet members of the Board and discuss programs in the arts.' (Introduction)
- Other Times : Bungaree, single work biography (p. 22)
