Aboriginal Advancement League
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Not to be confused with the Aborigines Advancement League of South Australia.
The Aboriginal Advancement League was founded in 1957 as the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League (VAAL), is the oldest Aboriginal rights organisation in Australia still in operation. Its precursor organisations were the Australian Aborigines League and Save the Aborigines Committee, and it was also formerly known as Aborigines Advancement League (Victoria), and just Aborigines Advancement League.
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Nickname | AAL |
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Predecessor | Australian Aborigines' League & Save the Aborigines Committee |
Formation | 1957 |
Founded at | Melbourne |
Purpose | Indigenous rights campaigning |
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Region | Victoria, Australia |
Website | aal |
Formerly called | Victorian Aborigines Advancement League |
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The organisation is primarily concerned with Aboriginal welfare issues and the preservation of Aboriginal culture and heritage, and is based in Melbourne. Its journal is called Smoke Signals.