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Cherbourgh settlement, Thursday March 24, 1966

  • F2046
  • Item
  • 1966

Report of visit to Cherbourg Aboriginal community by R. Wright and K. Loughlin, representatives of Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia.
The visit was to investigate wage rates and employment conditions of Aboriginal Union members.

Loughlin, K. B.

Survey of Facing Island / P. Ringland.

  • F2292
  • Item
  • 1979

Report of an independent undergraduate study for the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland. Concerns survey of Aboriginal relic sites on Facing Island.

Ringland, P.

Letter, 1928 Dec. 12 : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan.

  • F1520
  • Item
  • 1928

Handwritten letter includes discussion about murders by Aboriginal people, some anecdotes about Aboriginal people at Ooldea and New Norcia Benedictine Mission, and general observations about the social conditions of Aboriginal people at the time.
Refers to a possible article by Daisy Bates for the Brisbane Telegraph.

Bates, Daisy, 1861-1951

Reminiscences of my early days in Ipswich / by George Harris.

  • F344
  • Item
  • [1923?]

Personal memoir of an early settler of Ipswich. Describes Ipswich and surrounds in the 19th century, including accounts of contacts with local indigenous people. Includes account of 1893 flood of Brisbane River.

Harris, George, 1845-1924

One People of Australia League Ephemera

  • FVF269
  • File
  • 1970-1989

Leaflets, booklets, event notices and a statement produced by members of the One People of Australia League (OPAL).

OPAL (Organisation)

An introduction to 'One People of Australia League'.

Black type on white paper. Information booklet. The second page notes it is intended to be the pilot issue of a recommenced quarterly magazine made to raise awareness in the Brisbane community of the work carried out by OPAL. The booklet covers the history, aims and objectives, and key people of OPAL. Includes articles on OPAL's first president Jim Hamilton; Uncle Willie MacKenzie (Geerbaugh), for whom the OPAL Centre (Geerbaugh) on Anne Street was named; the Miss OPAL Quest pageant; and Yelangi Pre-School. Booklet contains an insert of a blank OPAL membership application form; the form indicates it cost $1 to join OPAL and an applicant had to be nominated by two current OPAL members.

OPAL (Organisation)

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