Series 17:
Aboriginal Legal Aid Services, 1974-1987
In 1973 the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Legal Services (Qld) Ltd was established as a non-profit making company to provide legal assistance to people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent. Mabo was a director and in 1974 he became State President, but a vote of no-confidence in his presidency was carried in October 1974. For a few months in 1985 Mabo was a field officer with the Legal Aid Service in Townsville and most of the papers in this series relates to his training and work for the Service.
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Various papers relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services in North Queensland, 1982-1987, including reports drafted by Mabo when he worked as a Field Officer for the Townsville Legal Aid Service, 1985' papers relating to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody; and a workshop training manual 'Criminal Law and the Police'. |
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Papers of Aborigines and Islanders Legal Service (Queensland), 1974, including reports, correspondence, statements of expenditure. |
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Papers of Aborigines and Islanders Legal Service (Queensland), 1974-1981, including correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings. |
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Papers relating to Field Officers and Community Workers In-Service Training Workshop, Townsville |
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Field officer's car logs, September-November , 1985 |
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Field officer's activity records, September-November , 1985 |
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Notes of meetings with clients and related papers,October 1985 |
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Papers relating to the Townsville Legal Aid Service, 1985, including correspondence, memoranda and circulars. |
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Miscellaneous papers, 1984-1985, including forms and circulars. |