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Scope

The committee was established to complete an inquiry, commenced by another Senate committee, regarding the 'environmental conditions', and the preservation of sacred sites, of Indigenous Australians. The committee's report described the inquiry as a 'national examination of the diverse factors influencing the lives of Aboriginal and Islander peoples.'

Chairs

Gordon Sinclair Davidson

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Neville Thomas Bonner

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Find out more

Tony Mulvihill, committee member, Interview with Ron Hurst, 1985, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/77, session 29, 00:07:02-00:08:09.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217984722/listen.

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Committee timeline – First Indigenous person to chair a Senate committee

Reports

Date tabledTitleRead report
Environmental Conditions of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and the Preservation of their Sacred SitesParliamentary paper number 199/1976
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