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Aboriginal Advancement League |
| Category: | Organisation | |
| Sub Category: | Incorporated Association |
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| State/Country: | Victoria, Australia |
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| Alternative Names: | Aborigines' Advancement League
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| The Aboriginal Advancement League (AAL) was formed following the Victorian Government's appointment, in 1955, of a retired magistrate, Charles McLean, to inquire into the circumstances of Aboriginal Victorians. McLean was critical of conditions at the two remaining Aboriginal reserves, Lake Tyers and Framlingham and suggested that Indigenous Victorians of mixed descent should be removed and assimilated, thereby reducing the populations of the reserves. The people at Lake Tyers resisted all attempts to close their community; one result of their campaign being the formation of the Victorian Aboriginal Advancement League. |
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| The AAL is now located in Thornbury in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Its aim is to establish and administer programs which improve the social, economic and cultural circumstances of Aboriginal people. These include family support, food assistance, home visits, advocacy, counselling and educational programs, drug and alcohol awarenes and funeral services. | |
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