On the title page, handwritten above the title 'The Jinibara tribe of South East Queensland (and its neighbours)' is 'Gaiarbau's story of '.

This draft carbon copy typescript recounts the story of Gaiarbau as told to Lindsay Winterbotham. In it Gaiarbau describes the form of tribal government, details of daily life, community, and relations with others outside of the community. This copy has many handwritten emendations written in blue pen; written in pencil at the top of most pages is 're-typed'. Handwritten emendations do not form part of the published version in Queensland Ethnohistory Transcripts 1:1 (1982). Illustrations consist of black and white photographs pasted onto light weight card and tipped/inserted in place.

Preface written by Norman B. Tindale.

Index of contents is available at the end of the volume (page numbers may not be the correct).
Contents, as edited:
Chapter I. The tribes and their areas.
Chapter II. The Jinibara.
Chapter III. Jinibara Tribal Government. [The Bora , and] Tribal Council [and Gundir].
Chapter IV. Daily Life.
Chapter V. Community life.
Chapter VI. Story Telling.
Chapter VII. Conduct of fights and weapons used.
Chapter VIII. Intertribal activities. Walkabout.
Chapter IX. Pygmies (Dinderis).

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Torres Strait Islands legend.
Accompanied by photocopied note from Ruth George on origin of manuscript.

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

This transcription of the original item was compiled and annotated by Richard Fotheringham. There is a note in the top right-hand corner 'In the posession [sic] of Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell circ. 1908-9'. Footnote on first page: 'Two manuscript notes in different hands are written in the right margin at this point ... indicates that this was compiled c. 1902 (Thomas died Jan 1904).' These recollections were shared with his son, Arthur Hoey Davis (1868-1935) (whose pen name was Steele Rudd) mostly likely in the early 1900's. Thomas Davis was a former convict. His memoir covers the period from 1849 to the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859. Davis initially worked with J. C. Burnett's Survey Party. He recounts stories of the places he visited and their history, various encounters with local indigenous groups and individuals, language and culture of the Aboriginal people of the area, kinship system in the Maronoa and Balonne region, and a list of more than 100 names and phrases in the dialect of the people of the Balonne, Dawson and Comet river. Joshua Peter Bell is mentioned several times in memoir. This and other recollections by Thomas Davis were collected by Joshua Thomas Bell in the first decade of the 20th century.

A personal history of an Aboriginal Australian tribe referred to as 'the Blucher tribe' located in the Darling Downs region. Includes an overview of their culture and customs. Two copies are typescripts bound by the Library. One is an original typescript with stiff paper wrappers and some handwritten annotations. One is a roneoed copy. The first of the two bound typescripts has an inscription on the title page near the hinge that reads '1.11.1934 345 1st copy typed in University Office'. The second of the two typescripts has an inscription on the title page near the hinge that reads '345 1.11.1934 duplic[ate] for FWR [Frederick Walter Robinson] 2/6'. The third original typescript copy in stiff paper wrappers, 41 leaves, has a bookplate pasted inside the front wrapper that states it 'belonged to Frederick Walter Robinson'. The fourth copy, 29 pages, looks to be a roneoed typescript that came from the Hayes collection.

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This is comprised primarily of photocopies. Field tape report sheets are headed 'Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Collector Margaret Lawrie'.

F406a : Field tape report sheets, including Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Tape Archive accession sheets (typescript and handwritten) (56 leaves); 3 leaves handwritten index to tapes; 6 leaves typescript article on Torres Strait Islands by Margaret Lawrie, for the New Australian Encyclopaedia. F406b : Field tape report sheets (typescript and handwritten)(49 leaves).

Thirty nine letters to Caroline Kelly from Margaret Mead, dated from 1928 to 1959; no correspondence dated between April 1931 and September 1947; three of the letters have undetermined date. Five telegrams, three from 1929, one from 1945, one from 1959. One roneoed letter from Cathy Bateson (daughter of Margaret Mead), 18 Sep 1956. Three original typescript copies of an introductory letter by Margaret Mead for Caroline Kelly to 'Administrative Officials', March 1951. One carbon copy typescript of a letter from Margaret Mean to an unidentified recipient, undated. Two typescript letters regarding Clarice McNamara, 5 and 19 June, 1951. Four receipts for deposits to Margaret Mead with two of the envelopes addressd to both M.M. Bateson/Mean and C/F.T. Kelly, 1952-1953, undated. A roneoed copy of an 'AIE Bulletin' no. 2, 1953, written by Margaret Mead while in Papua and New Guinea, 5 leaves. Two prescriptions, one with the a carbon copy, for Miss Margaret Meadn, 8 Sep. 1928, and envelope. Birth announcement card for Mary Catherine Bateson, December 8, 1939. One hand drawn in pencil layout of 'House in Aliatoa', undated.

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Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters. It is comprised of sixteen handwritten letters, twenty typescript letters (many with handwritten post-scripts), four incomplete typescript letters, three leaves with handwritten notes, and one newspaper cutting (from The Courier-Mail, 18 Aug 1934, page 12). One of the hand written notes was inside an envelope with organic matter (envelope and organic matter discarded). Many of these letters contain reference to, or personal reflections, about the people Kelly spoke with at Cherbourg.

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:

? Semples [first name not provided]
McDonald [first name not provided]
Miss Dight
Mrs Ballads
Mr Bulls
? McCaffrey [first name not provided]
? McCarthy [first name not provided]
? McDonald [first name not provided]
? Mitchell [first name not provided]
Ada Beckett
Bill Dupain
Bill Robertson
Duchess
Dolly Button
Dorothy Colley
Eddie Gilbert
Frank Bell
Fred Darby
Jack Dalight
Jack Oliver
Josephine Concannon
M. Alban
Maria Dawson
Tommy Isles
Tim ? (adopted CTK) [last name not provided]
Viv Thompson

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Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters. It is comprised of nineteen handwritten letters, twenty-one typescript letters and one incomplete letter. One of the typescript letters has attached a four leaf account of an event at Dinny Embury's [sic, should be Embery's] home. One letter started as a typescript but is mostly handwritten.

Some names mentioned in the letters include: Dinny Embery, Ada Beckett, Vincent Law, Mable Law and Charles Chavel (regarding his movie Heritage)

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Original folder (now discarded) labelled Kempsey (NSW) and listing Macksville, Tilba Tilba and Wallaga Lake. There are fifty-two letters in the file, most of which are undated. There are twenty-six letters from Caroline Tennant-Kelly to Timothy Kelly, many with 'Kempsey' in the top right-hand corner and most handwritten. There are another five letters from Caroline to Timothy that are identified as being written from Wallaga Lake. In her letters Timonth, Caroline often signs off as 'Bill'. There are nine letters from Timothy to Caroline. There are twelve letters between the Department the Anthropology, Professor Elkin and Caroline Tennant-Kelly, dated 1936 including a letter of introduction for Caroline Kelly from the Secretary, Office of Board for Protection of Aborigines, 22 Apr 1936.

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
Miss Andrews
?? Bairds
Mrs Carter
?? Chapman
Mrs ?? Geddes
Mrs ?? Hough
Miss ?? Pearce
Mr ?? Watkin
Dolly Button
Dorothy Bull
Duchess
Eric Rasden
Ethel Gabriel
Frank Summerville
Lizzie (Sandy or Brown?)
Jocie Duhig
Mr and Mrs Jacobs (mission manager and wife?)
Madam von Willer
Young Glover

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