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The 1970s

First Aboriginal Delegation to the Peoples Republic of China 1972

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1972 Delegation consisted of Chicka Dixon (leader) Terry Widders, Lyn Thompson, Lilla Watson,
Cheryl Buchanan, Ruby Hammond, Gerry Bostock, Ken Winder and Phillip Long.
1972 Delegation

Media reports of 1972 China Delegation
Native group invited to China - 14th February 1972
Fishing in troubled waters - 25th February 1972
China puts off visit by natives - 4th May 1972
Aboriginal Mission Leaves for China - 23rd October 1972
Black group off to China - 23rd October 1972
Ten Aborigines Going to Peking - 23rd October 1972
China Host to Aborigines - 24th October 1972
Aboriginal Film In China - 30th October 1972
9 Aborigines in Peking - 31st October 1972
In Peking we're People - Aborigines - 31st October 1972
Aborigines are feted in Peking - 31st October 1972
Aborigines Praise China Treatment - 31st October 1972
Airing our shame - 31st October 1972
Black Power: Aid From China? - November 1972
9 Aboriginals are VIP Guests in Mao's China - 16 November 1972
Remarkable 80 year old treats Aborigines - 16 November 1972
Protest Greets the China Aboriginals - 20th November 1972
Minorities in China Equals - 20th November 1972
Wind from the East - 20th November 1972
Aborigines back from Red China - 20th November 1972

see details of 2nd Aboriginal delegation to China in 1974

1970s index