Album of twelve sepia photographs of views of North Queensland including Cairns, Herberton, Barron George, Barron Falls, Hambledon and railways in the area. Title handwritten inside album. Album is undated. A handwritten list of captions and supplied item numbers has been inserted prior to the title page. Most photographs appear to be around the construction of the railway to Herberton which began in Cairns in 1886. It finished in Ravenshoe in 1916.

Written on the inside cover the album, presumably by the seller: "In. [Inventory] 5033. Royal Qto. Oblong Purple toned. 10 [shillings]". These type of photographs were often taken by the Queensland Government.

Each photo has caption, supplied information is included in square brackets:

1. Glacier Rock . --
2. [Cairns-Herberton railway] From 28 bridge. --
3. Surprise Creek bridge [Cairns-Herberton railway]. --
4. Cairns end of long tunnel. --
5. The Barron Gorge. --
6. Herberton end of the tunnel. --
7. Near the Barron. --
8. Barron Falls. --
9. Aborigines of Cairns-Herberton district. --
10. Kanaka women working in sugar cane. --
11. Hambledon Sugar Plantation Cairns, general views. --
12. Hoeing weeds in young cane.

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Draft typescript with handwritten emendations. This manuscript contains vocabularies for the Kabi-kabi, Wakka-wakka, Yugarabul and Yugumbir languages. The twelve page preface includes notes on grammar and pronunciation, pronunciation of letters, and grammar of the Yugumbir, Yugarabul and Wakka languages. The chapters: Vocabulary: English - Kabi and Kabi - English (78 leaves); Vocabulary: English - Yugumbir and Yugumbir - English (68 leaves); Vocabulary: English - Yugarabul and Yugarabul - English (29 leaves), Declension of a noun of the Yugarabul language (adapted from the work of Rev. W. Ridley) (1 leaf); Vocabulary: English - Wakka and Wakka - English (24 leaves); Some notes on the manners and customs of the aborigines of South East Queensland; Aboriginal place names of South-east Queensland; Index of names; and a map of south east Queensland. A railways map of south east Queensland has beeen coloured by Watson to show the lingual divisions and has the date of 1939.

It was published as a Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) no. 34, vol. XLVII in 1944.

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Approximately 630 minutes of recorded interviews between Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Julianne Schwenke relating to Oodgeroo's life, work and worldview. The interviews were originally recorded as part of Schwenke's PhD research.

Copy of a typescript paper of the opening address at the ANZAAS symposium on Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australian society - Brisbane - May 28, 1971, titled 'Aboriginal identity, government and the law' by WC Wentworth; 13 leaves; 1971? Differs slightly from the published version which appears in Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australian society edited by D Tugby (1973).

The Murri School (also known as the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School) was first established in 1986. This file contains cards and letters, mostly from children to ‘Super Gran’ or Muriel Langford and a Certificate of appreciation to Muriel Langford.

Leaflet, black type on pink paper, providing information on John Howard's 'Ten Point Plan' to make changes to the Native Title Act 1993 and listing seven reasons to support native title. Includes details of ANTaR contacts in each state and an invitation to attend the 'Together for Co-existence' festivals on 21 September 1997.

Leaflet, black type on blue paper, listing details and consequences of the 1996 High Court Wik decision and the draft legislation incorporating the 'Ten Point Plan'.

Flyer, black type on white paper, with information on the Native Title Amendment Bill (Ten Point Plan) and a call to fax through opposition to the Bill to government leaders and the Joint Committee on Native Title. Lists the names, positions and fax numbers of Members of Parliament, including the Prime Minister, and committee members.

Half fold brochure with information about the Australian Government's proposed changes, referred to as the 'Ten Point Plan', to the Native Title Act as a result of the High Court Wik decision. Proposes an alternative plan of co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Features a photograph taken in 1997 of Camila Cowley and Aurukun Elder Gladys Tybingoompa standing before the Sea of Hands outside Parliament House in Canberra.

Half fold brochure, black type on white paper, produced by ANTaR QLD, promoting a series of events organised or supported by ANTaR, including 'One Fire', an open forum and discussion group focused on the Murri School, hosted by Tiga Bayles; 'Sea of Ideas' presentation and discussion on 'local dispossession' with Michael Aird; and a 'Colonization Workshop' with Lin Morrow and Andrew Dunstone.