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Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Ephemera

  • FVF186
  • File
  • 1977-1991

Letters, brochures, leaflets, meeting minutes, event materials and other documents produced by the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) and its members.

Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action

Link-Up (Qld) Aboriginal Corporation Ephemera

  • FVF766
  • File
  • 1990-1999

Brochure and bumper sticker produced by Link-Up (Qld), the Brisbane-based organisation dedicated to reconnecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with family and information that may relate to their family history.

Link-Up (Qld) Aboriginal Corporation

Boonjie : a romance of a lost tribe of Australian Aborigines, a North Queensland story

  • F3878
  • Item
  • 1940

Fictional story about Aboriginal Australians set in North Queensland. Two copies are carbon copy typescript and one is original typescript. Six black and white photographic prints pasted throughout the story. Four leaves of glossary at the end with fictionalised Australian language terms.

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, including an image of a mummified corpse (between pp. 66-67). It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Meredith, Percival Fortescue

A short history of the Downs blacks known as 'the Blucher Tribe'

  • F3880
  • Item
  • 1903-1909

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.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource contains details about cultural and ceremonial rites, including Men’s Business and identifying details about the location and features of Killarney bora grounds. 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.

Hall, Thomas, 1845-1928

Bruce A. Sommer Papers

  • UQFL476
  • Collection
  • 1964-2003

Research materials relating to Central Cape York Peninsular languages collected from 1964 to 2003. Collection includes grammars, lexical material and text material from Oykangand. Materials comprise written notes, critical literature, theses, data CDs, audio cassettes and reel to reel tape recordings.
Collection includes tape list and introduction to collection, both by Dr Sommer. Fryer Library listing provides access to relevant box.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that audio recordings in this resource contain material of a personal or sexual nature which may cause embarrassment or offence. Manuscript papers may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased and could contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms and descriptions.

Sommer, B. A. (Bruce A.)

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