From a previously unpublished interview conducted in May 1981 by Bruce Dickson on the eve of the first public exhibition of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's art at the Brisbane Community Arts Centre (now Metro Arts Centre), staged as part of NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC - or National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Week - is a tribute to indigenous Australian culture and the contribution of indigenous Australians to the nation.
Includes a floppy disk containing the transcript of the interview and two emails from Bruce Dickson.

This is a copy of the address by Kath Walker that was delivered to the 12th Annual Conference of the FCAA & TSI. She discusses the 'assimilation policy' of Australia, voting, education, citizenship, and discrimination.

Poems: Willie McKenzie ; Namatjira ; Son of mine ; Acacia Ridge ; Frustration ; United we win ; Companionship ; The boomerang ; My love ; Love blossoms.
2 copies.

1. Handwritten text by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, to accompany slide images for book.
2. Typescript by Paul Cliff of emendations to Oodgeroo's text.
3. Edited typescript version by Paul Cliff, of Oodgeroo's and Vivian Walker's script for 'The Rainbow Serpent'. This was performed at Expo '88, Brisbane, and used as the introduction to The Spirit of Australia (Golden Press, 1989). Accompanied by letter from Paul Cliff to Oodgeroo and Vivian Walker, 19 Jan. 1989.

Typed letter, from Kath Walker, dated 1 Feb 1978, to John Beston regarding personal plans for lecture tour in the United State, which Margaret Read Lauer of Bloomsbury was arranging; at the invitation of the Russian Government plans to Russia; mentions interview and a copy of Meanjin. Handwritten notes at bottom of page by John Beston. Letterhead: Moongalba Noonuccal-Nughie Educational and Cultural Centre. Typed aerogramme, dated 21 May 1982, agreeing to offer support.

Elizabeth Smith interviews Oodgeroo Noonuccal at Moongalba 11 May 1990 for an article to accompany Smith's book review of 'Kath Walker in China' in Queensland Writer vol. 2 no. 1 1990. Sound cassette is accompanied by typescript transcript (11 p.) which is a fuller version than the one published in Queensland Writer.