Bill Ferguson : Fighter for Aboriginal Freedom

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Revised edition, with only minor changes, of Vote Ferguson for Aboriginal freedom; biography of Ferguson who fought for citizenship rights and the abolition of the NSW Aborigines Protection Board; Ferguson's work as a shearer and involvement in the Australian Workers Union, assimilation policy and conditions on missions; role of political groups such as the Association for the Protection of Native Races, Australian Aborigines League, Committee for Aboriginal Citizen Rights; Day of Mourning 1938; Australian Labor Party policies; work of William Cooper, John Patten, Pearl Gibbs, Herbert Groves, William Onus, Sir Douglas Nicholls in the fight for citizenship rights.