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It showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, traditions and heritage to the local, national and international markets. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The centre hosts performance and visual arts events, presenting daily performances of dance, music, story telling and presenting insights into the indigenous people of the North Queensland ...
CATSIAL joined the national body, the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA), soon after its establishment. [4] It had an office in Townsville as well, and was associated with the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATSI) based in Brisbane, which was also part of the FCAA.
Evelyn Ruth Scott AO (1935 – 21 September 2017) was an Indigenous Australian social activist and educator.. She began working in the Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement League in the 1960s.
This is a list of indigenous rights organizations.Some of these organizations are members of other organizations listed in this article. Sometimes local organizations associated with particular groups of indigenous people will join in a regional or national organization, which in turn can join an even higher organization, along with other member supraorganizations.
Smallwood trained in general nursing, midwifery and psychiatric nursing at the Townsville Hospital. [2] She was the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a Masters of Science in public health from James Cook University. [1] In 2016, she was appointed Professor of Nursing and Midwifery at Central Queensland University. [3]
The Aborigines' Protection Society (APS) was an international human rights organisation founded in 1837, [1] to ensure the health and well-being and the sovereign, legal and religious rights of the indigenous peoples while also promoting the civilisation of the indigenous people [2] who were subjected under colonial powers, [3] in particular the British Empire. [4]
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Norman Tindale estimated the range of Wulgurukaba tribal territory at about 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2), which covered both the islands off Townsville - including the Palm Islands and Magnetic Island - and the hinterland west of Townsville to an extent of about 20 miles (32 km) (from the Ross River, eastwards nearly to Cape Cleveland).