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  National Aboriginal Conference

The National Aboriginal Conference (NAC) was established by the Federal Government in 1977 to provide a forum for the expression of Aboriginal views. On November 12, 1977 election of NAC members took place resulting in 35 elected representatives of electorates throughout Australia. A resolution from the Second National Conference in April, 1979 requested that a Treaty of Commitment be executed between the Aboriginal Nation and the Australian Government. The NAC decided that the agreement should have an Aboriginal name - the Makarrata - and set up a special committee to ask Aboriginals what they would like to see in the Makarrata.

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Papers presented by Cedric Jacobs at the International NGO Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Land. Palais des Nations - Geneva Switzerland. 15-18 September 1981, unpublished manuscript held by AIATSIS Library.

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"NAC - establishment, role and functions" Revised March 1983.

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"NAC Subcommittee on the Makarrata" Information and letter from Jim Hagan

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"NAC Subcommittee on the Makarrata" Information pamphlet.

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"The Makarrata : some ways forward." NAC Subcommittee on the Makarrata.

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"National Aboriginal Conference Sub-committee on the ... Makarrata : (formerly the Treaty of Commitment) : what you think about is important."

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"A basic introduction to Makarrata" Form letter from NAC to AIATSIS. 8/7/80.

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"Support a Treaty with Aboriginal Australians" Pamphlet c.12/11/80.

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Letter from the National Aboriginal Conference Secretariat to AIAS, 14/10/80.

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Paper written by Michael Anderson - research director for Treaty-Makarrata and International Political Issues for the National Aboriginal Conference from 1981 to 1985.

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