Duplicated typescript report from the 16th Conference of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders held at Brisbane Trades Hall, Brisbane, from 20 to 22 April 1973. It includes extracts from a speech by R. Finney, Solicitor for Aborigines and Islanders Legal Aid Service, with some handwritten pen corrections, as well as a keynote address titled 'Smash the act' given by Mrs P. Miller of the Council for Aboriginal Rights, Victoria, in Townsville in January 1973. The keynote address relates to the Aborigines Act 1971, the Torres Strait Islander Act 1971 and the Regulations of 1972.

Flyer for the 1967 Referendum calling on supporters to vote 'yes' on 27 May for changes to the Australian Constitution. Features a black and white print of a photograph of the face of what appears to be an Aboriginal Australian baby. Text at the foot of the flyer reads: "Authorised by J. McGuinness ... Issued by Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders". Undated.

Blank petition form requesting Section 127 and the discriminatory words in Section 51 be removed from the Constitution by the holding of a referendum "at an early date". At foot of leaflet: "Authorised by Mr. Stan Davey, general secretary for the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, on behalf of 34 affiliated organisations from all Australian States and Northern Territory ... petition to be returned by February 28th, 1963."

Duplicated typescript report by Jack Davis, State Secretary for Western Australia, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Presented at the Sixteenth FCAATSI Annual Conference in Brisbane, 20-22 April 1973. Provides information on the abolishment of Native Welfare Department and Child Welfare Department, and the establishment of the Community Welfare Department; the appointment of a Legal Aid Officer; the establishment of a Western Australia Aboriginal Lands Trust; and other matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Western Australia.

Duplicated typescript report by Barry E. Christophers, Convenor, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Addresses issues relating to the Queensland Trust Fund and its impact on Aboriginal peoples living and working in Queensland. Also cites specific sections of the Aborigines Act 1971, the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971 and The Aborigines Regulations of 1972 and argues how these sections reinforce the trust fund system to the detriment of Aboriginal peoples.

Duplicated typescript overview of the resolutions to result from a conference called by the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement. The conference was held at W.E.A. School, Newport, Sydney, from 26 to 38 February 1960. The resolutions relate to racial discrimination, land rights, wage equality and the Rupert Max Stewart case.

Undated duplicated typescript "Information sheet no.1" with information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can advance their education and skills by applying for scholarships and study grants for university and trade training programs. Unknown author; possibly produced in 1973 by Jack Horner for the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

Original song sheet, one leaf, with music and lyrics by Bill Jones, handwritten in pen on printed musical staff. Undated. The lyrics relate to the arrival of the British in Australia and the impact on the Indigenous Aboriginal peoples. The name 'Dot Rass' is noted in pencil at the top right corner. Verso contains blank printed musical staff.

Photocopy of handwritten notebook of vocabulary and phrases in Aboriginal languages, Queensland. Original notebook about 150 leaves, 16cm. Inside front cover of original : "W. Ridley, Minister of the Gospel, 21 February, 1855'.

Collection reflects Mrs Tuxworth's interest in the local history of the Northern Territory. It includes: correspondence, personal papers, newspaper cuttings, photographs, reel to reel tape, and twenty three diaries of Banka Banka station from 1928 to 1961 (some years are missing)

Hilda Tuxworth obtained some of the Banka Banka diaries around the time Mary Ward was selling the property. This took from 1970 to 1972 when the sold the property. Mary Ward shared the diaries between her niece, Val Edwards, and Hilda. Banka Banka Station was established by Thomas Nugent as a cattle station in 1895. Nugent left the station to his sister, Mary Ambrose. The first diary from 1928 to 1931 would have been recorded during the ownership by the the Ambrose family. The Ambrose Family owned and ran the station until Paddy Ambrose put Banka Banka on the market in 1940. Ted and Mary Ward bought it in 1941. Capital from the Wards' Blue Moon Mine was used initially to purchase and then to undertake improvements and developments of the station. From 1945 weather details began to be recorded in the diaries. Ted Ward died on 17 March 1959. Mary Ward ran the station until 1970. In 1972 the land titles for the pastoral lease were transferred to Nelson Bunker-Hunt.