73:(APA) campaigned for Aboriginal citizenship rights. Gibbs introduced Barsley to the social and racial context of Aboriginal oppression and poverty, and when Gibbs called for volunteer typists for APA, Barsley gladly agreed. In the 1950s, while volunteering for organizations devoted to peace and social justice, Bardsley continued working full-time as a private secretary to the managing director of a Sydney timber company.
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