Copy of a form letter sent to "Aboriginal organisations and communities" from the Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Development, W.F. Bird with the subject line "Commonwealth voting rights for Aboriginal" [and Torres Strait Islander peoples]. Attached to the letter is a survey and a discussion paper. It is undated but most likely is from 1978.

Discussion paper, attached to a letter sent to "Aboriginal organisations and communities" regarding compulsory enrollment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the Commonwealth electoral roll.

Survey, attached to a letter sent to "Aboriginal organisations and communities" regarding compulsory enrollment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the Commonwealth electoral roll.

Photocopied typescript of a series of introductory talks on archaeology in Queensland; includes information on types of site, artefacts and the use of ethnography; broken into eight talks (of which talks number 4 and 8 are missing):

Talk 1: Archaeology Branch. 3 leaves.
Talk 2: Relics in South-East Queensland. 5 leaves.
Talk 3: Ethnography of the south-east coast of Queensland : with special reference to Brisbane and district. 7 leaves.
Talk 5: The importance of artefacts. 3 leaves.
Talk 6: Bora Grounds. 4 leaves.
Talk 7: Middens. 5 leaves.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that 'Talk 6: Bora Grounds' contains sensitive Mens Business and details of initiation ceremony.

Transcribed handwritten copy of entries into the 'Aborigines Gang Work Book from Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, Benevelont [sic] Asylum for the Aged and Infirm, 1934'. Date of transcribing unknow; and transcriber unknown, but possibly Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Diary entries are from 18 Jun 1934 to 30 Jun 1934; E. Ruska is listed as the foreman; entries include information about the time the gang signed on and off and work conducted at the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum. Written in a Dux exercise note book

Correspondence, comprising 9 letters and 1 telegram; mostly written to Kath Walker; 1976 to 1979 and undated.

Draft typescript article written by Richard Fotheringham for The Australian Literary Review which was published with the title 'Inside the killing fields of Queensland' on October 6, 2010, pp. 12-13. This article was written after the discovery of a memoir by Thomas Davis, father of Arthur Hoey Davis (aka "Steele Rudd"), which discussed massacres of Australian Aborigines in his time of working in Queensland in the 1800s. Fotheringham suggested the name of the manuscript.

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Typescript report, 1 leaf, signed by H. Selkvik, the Under Secretary for Lands, dated 14 July 1920, regarding the two accompanying sketches of two Aboriginal bora grounds in the Moreton Bay by Surveyor General Oxley. Sketch no. "1": Copy of a drawing in field book no.216 Department of Lands containing original field notes by John Oxley Surveyor General in connection with survey of Moreton Bay dated 9th to 11th October 1824. Sketch no. "2": Copy of drawings in field book no.217 Department of Lands containing John Oxley's original field notes of his survey of Moreton Bay dated 11th September to 12th October 1824.

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Photocopy of the microfilm printout of Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines told by David Unaipon.

Banka Banka cattle station, 100 km north of Tennant Creek, was bought in 1940 by Mary and Philip (Ted) Ward. The file contains copies of photographs of life on Banka Banka station. Also some photographs of Mt Isa, Camooweal, and Howard Springs.