The Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs: Gordon Briscoe

Uncle Gordon Briscoe explains how The Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs was established to give opportunities to Sydney Aboriginal people: housing and employment, but also a place to meet and develop their own ideas. This led to the purchase of a building on George St in 1964 where they had an art shop, ran dances and concerts and acted as an action planning centre.

Keywords: Identity; daily life; values; political activism; organisations; change, city

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