One typescript page and seven handwritten pages, of various sizes, with lists of Aboriginal Australian words. Three pages with pen handwritting have a note across the first page saying they were given to Joshua Thomas Bell at Jimbour on 2 Mar 1897 and appear to be from the envelope with the notes 'Aboriginal Vocabulary, supplied at jimbour, 2nd March 1897, by 'old Combo, Darlo, and Nipper. JTB'. Some pages are written in pencil and there is one page of typescript. There is a handwritten note inserted in this file (with the date 17 Jun 2010 printed at the bottom) that says Darlo spoke Yarrawa [sic] dialect, the dialect ... Jimbour to Dalby'; Old Combo came from Big River, New South Wales and spoke the Hamilario [?] N.S.W. dialect [possibly Gamilaroi ?]

Correspondence and reports relating to Caroline Kelly’s anthropological survey.
Paper by Caroline Kelly on "the impact of European culture upon the Aborigines of New South Wales", ca. 1937

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
Herbert Davis
Campbell [full name not provided]

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Correspondence and reports relating to Caroline Kelly’s anthropological survey. Including report and correspondence to the AP Board 1937, Anthropological survey August/September 1937.

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. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

The Murri School (also known as the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School) was first established in 1986. This log book is in an exercise book. It is a handwritten account by an unknown author detailing events from 23 October 1989 to 8 February 1993.

The Murri School (also known as the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School) was first established in 1986. This file contains the following:

One typed page: AIICS, 1986
Open letter from Quaker Services Australia, 27 Jan 1986
Quaker Services Australia, Background Paper no 12: Australian Aboriginal Education projects
Report of the Committee on Higher Education Funding, Overview and Recommendations
Background of the Aboriginal and Islander Cultural Studies Centre, 3 May 1988
Job share proposal, June 1988
Minutes Board Meeting of AIICS, 18 Aug 1989
Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness program (hereafter ASSPA), policy draft, 21 Dec 1990
Memo on state financial assistance, 1991
Interim report from Bill Lowah on land acquisition, 12 Dec 1992
Memo to Mavis Ingle and Lisa O’Brien on school restructuring, 3 Feb 1993
Memo to directors on resignation, 3 Feb 1992
Memo to staff and directors on school development workshop, 22 Feb 1993
Proposal to improve current staffing arrangements, 10 May 1993
Proposal to improve current staffing arrangements, 11 May 1993
Memo to directors, Mavis Ingle and Kevin Eastman on education unit staffing arrangements
AIICS meeting of board of directors, 11 May 1993
AIICS meeting of board of directors, 1 Feb 1994
AIICS constitution
Areas of study offered at AIICS
Newspaper cuttings, stationary costs, flow chart, janitor checklist, pamphlets.
Children's Song Booklet, Speech Night, 10 Dec 1992.