Union Support – Aunty Lorraine Brown

The trade unions were key supporters of the 1967 referendum and the fight for equal wages for Indigenous workers. Some unions provided financial support for Indigenous campaigners to travel to conferences and protests.
“People like Uncle Fred Moore, Aunty Dolly Henry, Aunty Mary Davis … without people like them we wouldn’t be living the way we’re living today, if they hadn’t stuck their necks out and taken the chance.”

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