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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this website contains images, voices and names of people who have died.

Portrait of Faith Bandler, by Alexander Asovtseff

Faith Bandler came to national attention in 1956 when she and Pearl Gibbs founded the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship, a political body which campaigned for citizenship rights for Aboriginal people. For many years she sat on the executive of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

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National Library of Australia, obj-136357720

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