Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Logo of the FCAATSI | |
| Abbreviation | FCAATSI |
|---|---|
| Formation | 16 February 1958 |
| Founded at | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Dissolved | 1978 |
| Focus | Indigenous Rights Activism |
| Headquarters | Adelaide, South Australia (1958–?) Melbourne, Victoria (pre-1967) Sydney, New South Wales (post-1967) |
Formerly called | Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA) |
The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI), founded in Adelaide, South Australia, as the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA) on 16 February 1958, was a civil rights organisation which campaigned for the welfare of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, and the first national body representing Aboriginal interests. It was influential in lobbying in favour of the 1967 Referendum on Aboriginal Australians. It was renamed to National Aboriginal and Islander Liberation Movement (NAILM) in the early to mid 1970s, before disbanding in 1978.