Fighting Hard: The Victorian Aborigines Advancement League

By Richard Broome

Fighting Hard recounts a history of the Aborigines Advancement League, the oldest Aboriginal welfare and activist body in Australia. Its work influenced the fight for civil rights and stood against the government's assimilation policy. A shift to Aboriginal control in 1969 allowed the League's leaders to become role models for young Aboriginal people. The League's first fifty years provides ample evidence that Aboriginal people can successfully govern their own organisations; balancing good governance with the maintenance of Aboriginal cultural values.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922059862
• ISBN13: 9781922059864
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"