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Mary Bennett's statements in support of Alec and Lulu Bilson's pension applications

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Mary Bennett represented the needs of people such as the Bilsons who were eligible for the old age pension but were unable to write their own applications as they had no opportunity to gain an education.

Mary Bennett represented the needs of people such as the Bilsons who were eligible for the old age pension but were unable to write their own applications as they had no opportunity to gain an education.

Source: Council for Aboriginal Rights, MS 12913, State Library of Victoria



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The older generation of Bilsons: workers on pastoral stations

Documents - Social Service benefits, 1954-64