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Published on May 3rd, 2017 📆 | 3026 Views ⚑

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Freedom: A Certificate of Exemption Story

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Aunty Judi Wickes reflects on her grandparents’ struggle for freedom in the 1920s while living on Purga Mission near Ipswich. In 1926, they were granted a Certificate of Exemption by James Stopford, Home Secretary, and it left a lasting legacy on her family’s Indigenous identity. Accession 30866.

To view the collection:
http://hdl.handle.net/10462/eadarc/8494

More information at slq.qld.gov.au/showcase/freedom-then-freedom-now.

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