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John Gould plates

  • F3825
  • File
  • 1830-1888

Plates from John Gould's books, including A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains (13 plates), The Birds of Australia (33 plates), The Mammals of Australia (9 plates) and The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands (34 plates).

Gould, John, 1804-1881

John Thomson Lectures by J.J.C. Bradfield

  • F3883
  • File
  • 1918

Three typescripts by J. J. C. Bradfield, presented as part of the John Thomson Memorial Lectures at the University of Queensland in 1918. The first lecture, on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, was delivered in two parts on 26 July 1918 and 2 August 1918 respectively. The first part is titled 'Burrinjuck Dam, weirs and regulators, main canals'. The second part is titled 'Water system on the irrigation areas, irrigation settlements and townships; the development of the farming, dairying, and fruit growing industries on the areas, with establishment of factories for the treatment of farm produce'. The second lecture, undated except for the year 1918, is titled 'Principles governing the location and design of the Sydney city (underground) railway'. Three typescripts originally held together with metal fasteners in a bound binder folder. Lectures separated by linen paper inserts and original typed title pages that state the lectures were delivered at 'Brisbane University'.

Bradfield, J. J. C. (John Job Crew), 1867-1943

Kalali at Barambah

Anthropological field notes and reports.

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

Conlon Family
Mrs Conlon and sons Percy Conlon, Arthur Conlon, George Conlon, Bill Conlon and daughter Winnie Conlon

Coumbo Family
Annie Coumbo, Venus Coumbo, Jack Coumbo, Jean Coumbo and Bertie Coumbo

Mrs Hopkins (sister of Jack)
Bob Eubbard / Hubbard [spelling uncertain]
Cerra Anderson
Elsie Goodchap (Wife of Wily)
Harry Willis
Jack Anderson
Maudie Bligh (wife of Martin B) and children; Mavis Bligh, Fred Bligh and Percy Bligh
Tommy Conlon
Tommy Norley
Topsy Norley

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource contains mention of Sorry Business. It also 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.

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]

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource contains mention of Men’s Business, Women’s Business, initiation and infanticide. It also 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.

Friends of the Earth Ephemera

  • FVF184
  • File
  • 1973-1983.

This file consists of mostly Friends of the Earth ephemera from Queensland with some material from other state branches.

Friends of the Earth

Kath Walker interviewed

  • F3839
  • File
  • ca. 1975

Approximately 630 minutes of recorded interviews between Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Julianne Schwenke relating to Oodgeroo's life, work and worldview. The interviews were originally recorded as part of Schwenke's PhD research.

Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1920-1993

Fran de Groen and Laurie Hergenhan Correspondence

  • F3876
  • File
  • 2017-2019

Print out of eighteen (18) selected pieces of email correspondence between Fran de Groen and Laurie Hergenhan from 24 Jul 2017 to 26 Aug 2019. Fran De Groen printed these emails between her and Hergenhan on 10 June 2021. Includes: personal information like holidays and associates. Other correspondents in the email trails include: Craig Munro, Alan Lawson, and Richard Fotheringham.

de Groen, Frances

Yvonne Smith Papers

  • F3875
  • File
  • 2002

Handwritten letter from David Malouf answering three questions that Yvonne Smith had asked: how did An Imaginary Life first come to be published; how were Fly Away Peter and Child's Play published; and in writing Johnno ( what was the possible influence of Peter Paul Ruben's painting The Return of the Peasants from the Fields. As the questions were not included in Malouf's response, Smith has provided a transcript of the handwritten letter with the questions included. Typed transcript of the Diary of David Malouf written while writing Child's Play, Fly Away Peter, and short stories in January / February 1981. The handwritten version of this transcript was shared with Malouf over lunch and he shared information about the content which Smith has included as footnotes.

Smith, Yvonne, 1951-

Interview with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1990 May 11

  • F3672
  • File
  • 1990

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.

Smith, Elizabeth

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