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Pearl Gibbs
Top left
Summer camp for Far West Aboriginal
children, La Perouse
Members of the Aborigines Welfare Board.
Standing left to right: Mr J R Mullins, Secretary;
Professor A P Elkin; Superintendent
J D McAuley; Mrs Pearl Gibbs; Mr M H Saxby,
Superintendent of Aborigines Welfare;
Dr G J Cummins.
Front left to right: Mr Stan Wyatt, MLA;
Hon E G Wright.
NSW GPO, 18 January 1955, SLNSW, Government Printing
Office 2 – 6066
Bottom left
Letter from Pearl Gibbs submitting her
nomination as a candidate for election to the
Aborigines Welfare Board, 28 June 1954
NRS 9 [8/2835] Item C7664, p. 97
Right
Nomination of Pearl Gibbs as a candidate
for election to the Aborigines Welfare Board,
28 June 1954
In 1954 Gibbs submitted her nomination
for candidacy to the Board for the position
of a person having an ‘admixture’ of Aboriginal
blood. Nomination forms had to be signed
by at least six endorsees who were entitled
to vote in the Board elections. Gibbs’ form was
signed by ten Dubbo locals.
NRS 9 [8/2835] Item C7664, p. 95
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