Kath Walker

Barbara Cross - 00:17:52

Interview: 
Barbara Cross
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00:17:52

Manfred Cross discusses Kathy Walker's leadership style.

Barbara Cross - 00:14:27

Interview: 
Barbara Cross
Time: 
00:14:27

Barbara Cross and Manfred Cross discuss events occurring through the late 1960s and 1970s including Peace Movement rallies and speeches but note that the ALP did not play a leading role in the protest groups at that time. Manfred Cross discusses actively supporting Indigenous Queenslanders' rights including the formation of the Queensland Aboriginals Advancement League whose first chair was John Camp, and the formation of the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders whose leader was Kathy Walker from Stradbroke Island.

Matt Foley - 00:19:19

Interview: 
Matt Foley
Time: 
00:19:19

Matt Foley shares his opinion on the Bjelke-Petersen Government. He recalls meeting Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) as a teenager.

Bob Anderson - 00:31:27

Interview: 
Bob Anderson
Time: 
00:31:27

Bob Anderson talks of social and political campaigns and organisations he has been involved in, including branches of the Labor Party, the Communist Party, the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATI). He also talks of the activities of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) during his involvement with these organisations.

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