Aboriginal Hostels Ltd, 1975-80

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Component identifier:
Series 9
Content Summary:

Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) was incorporated on 6 June 1973 by the Commonwealth Government as a public company to deliver services relating to hostel and other temporary accommodation needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. AHL was managed by a Board of Directors responsible to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. Perkins was Chairman of AHL in 1973-82.

The papers comprise minutes and agenda items of Directors' Meetings, 1975 and 1979-80; Steering Committee meeting papers, 1975; correspondence received and sent by Perkins as Chairman; papers on the employment of AHL staff; reports on AHL including 'Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on Aboriginal Hostels Limited' (February 1977); financial papers; cuttings; an agreement between AHL and the Commonwealth Government (1977) and other papers.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Library by Charles Perkins in five instalments between 1989 and 1995.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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