On 22 June Dixon contacted Dr. Charles Duguid, who ran the Aborigines' Advancement League, to discuss Stuart's situation. On 27 June, a meeting of the League, university teachers, clergymen and representatives of the Howard League for Penal Reform was held in Duguid's Magill home at which Dixon and Strehlow gave a talk. It was decided to mount a campaign to keep Stuart alive, and the distribution of petitions for commutation was arranged.
