Aboriginal delegates Jeff Barnes, Doug Nicholls and Bert Groves, Adelaide, February 1958

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Twenty-six people attended this meeting, which formed the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, including the three Aboriginal delegates and Bill Onus, an Aboriginal observer, representing the Australian Aborigines' League.

Source: The Advertiser, Adelaide, 17 February 1958

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