Summary
Alternative Name: Button
Badge issued by Kirinari to raise funds for the education of Aboriginal children. Kirinari-ACAS was founded in 1963. Kirinari is Yandruwandha for Place of Learning, and ACAS is Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society. In 1918 it was based n Sutherland, New South Wales.
Part of collection of badges collected by Jim Cooper, a veteran member of the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW Branch) and Union and political activist before his death in 1984. His daughter passed the badges on to Alf Zeeno, ex-secretary of the BWIU, with a request that they be donated to the museum.
Physical Description
Round metal badge with a black and white portrait of an Aboriginal child on a white background. There is a black outline of a boomerang beneath the portrait and the text is in red.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Politics & Society, Cultural Diversity, Social Spaces & Youth
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Alfred Zeeno, 14 Aug 1990
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Place Made
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Inscriptions
Text: HELP EDUCATE ABORIGINAL CHILDREN/KIRINARI/20c.
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Keywords
Indigenous Peoples, Education, Fundraising, Aboriginal People, Children, Societies, Badges
