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Student Action for Aborigines bus at Boggabilla

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A 1960s vintage bus is pictured in front of a two storey building, with seven people in shadow in front of the door. The caption under the image says: 'The bus stands outside the Hotel Boggabilla, where students rested before interviewing people at the Aboriginal station. (Photo courtesy of the Tribune/Search Foundation)'.

The students visited the Aboriginal reserve at Boggabilla where they were shocked by the living conditions.

Source: Tribune/SEARCH Foundation, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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