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Caroline Kelly Papers File English
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General correspondence

Correspondents include: Bert Kay, V.N. Thompson, Kelly’s father Robert Watson, and her future husband (Francis Angelo) Timothy Kelly.

Margaret Mead correspondence

Letters to Caroline Kelly from Margaret Mead.

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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

General correspondence

Correspondents include: Margery Browne, V.N. Thompson, Miriam Ogden, Alfred Buchanan, and Timothy Kelly.
Includes:
-- letter to Sydney Morning Herald from Caroline Kelly, 1 Nov 1934.
-- questionnaires concerning the welfare of Aborigines, sent by the Feminist Club of New South Wales to State parliamentary candidates, and letters of reply from some candidates, 1938.

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Lectures and radio addresses

Lectures and radio addresses authored by Caroline Kelly and publicity fliers promoting her talks, 1932-1955.
Report on and itinerary and fliers for the Jubilee Conference of the Australian Federal Council of the New Education Fellowship, held Aug-Oct 1951.
Fliers promoting public lecture by Margaret Mead, Sydney, 20 Aug 1951.

Attention File

Correspondence. Includes an undated handwritten statement signed by Lenard Law, possibly writing as an amanuensis. The statement is written in the first-person and contains biographical details of an Aboriginal person confined against his/her wishes at the Cherbourg settlement.
Correspondents include Wilfred Wragge, Maidie Ross (Restricted), Arthur Cobba Simson, Doris Crawford, W. Porteus Semple (Superintendent Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement), Leslie Wilson (Governor of Queensland), and Tom Blackman.

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Fraser's Island, Badjela

Anthropological field notes and reports.
1 notebook and 1 typed report.

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

Bob Simpson (Barambah)
Happy (Namboor)
George Lane (Nambunnu)
Frank Simpson (Nephew to Bob) (Yonguarboomi)
Leddie Brown (Wakanulli)
Kenny Simpson (Turrbumma)
Mrs Ada Beckett (Narrkul)
Isaac Owen (Brother to Mrs Ross)
Willie Owen (Brother to Mrs Ross)

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

Jack Noble (Gawongowau)
Willy Wandunna [spelling uncertain, may be Wandana]

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Legal papers and land titles

Title deeds to one acre of land in the Parish of Vernon, Town of Polson, Queensland, 1870 - 1933.
Schedule to last will and testament of un-named person, nd.
Indenture concerning the bankruptcy and disposal of assets of the late Robert Watson, 20 Sep 1935.
Copy of a declaration of change of name from James Anthony Morgan to James Anthony Kelly, 7 Oct 1955.
Memorandum of contract and associated deed for loan of £1500 to Caroline Emelie Kelly and Francis Timothy Kelly, 24 May 1958 (2 copies).
Contract for sale of land by Francis Timothy Angelo Kelly and Caroline Emelie Kelly to Escarpment Development Pty Ltd, Jul 1961.

Dharambul or Kuaingmal, Kumbal, Kaingbul

Anthropological field notes and reports.

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Kuao (Winton, Hughenden, Richmond)

Anthropological field notes and reports.

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Tennant-Kelly, Caroline, 1899-1989

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