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Letter to help a pensioner control her own money

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Page 1 of 2  One of many letters written by Mary Bennett to assist Aboriginal people, often illiterate, in the almost impossible task of communicating with bureaucrats who were preventing Aboriginal access to social service benefits.
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One of many letters written by Mary Bennett to assist Aboriginal people, often illiterate, in the almost impossible task of communicating with bureaucrats who were preventing Aboriginal access to social service benefits.

Source: Box 4, Council for Aboriginal Rights (Vic.) Papers, State Library of Victoria



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