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Draft of thesis Involvement in OPAL

Partial biography of Rita Huggins: 'Involvement in OPAL’, BA Honours Thesis, Flinders university, 1989 (1 page of unknown manuscript inserted between pages 34 and 35)

Huggins, Jackie

Photocopy of typescript accounts from a variety of authors

Reneoed copy of a typed collection fourteen stories from different writers which may have been shared the third A.I.C.C. Conference. Not all stories have a title or name of the writer:
'The leap story' as told by Carmel McDonald;
'My life story' by Rose Mooney;
Story beginning 'Mothers Island name was Natofalinga,...'by Mrs K. Matthews;
'Early history of Palm Island' by Peter Pryor;
'Mitchells exploitation south west' by Hazel McKellar;
Story beginning 'Sai Nga Pe...' by Del sabasio;
'Mawuyul in the role of her life' contributed by Mrs K Matthews;
'A Bushman's requiem' [Poem], 'In memory of "Duke" the unprotected species' [Poem] 'contributed by a Sincere Friend'; and
'Is that ward clean' by Coral Edwards.

Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (3rd : 1981 : [Mackay?])

Photocopy of handwritten biography of Beryl Wharton

Photocopy of a handwritten account of Beryl Wharton, giving details of her life at Cherbourg mission, working life and the various places she lived. Undated. Author of account is a grandchild; name not supplied. There is a timeline of events in the life of Beryl are from 1924 to 1986; most likely this account was written in the late 1980s.

Huggins, Jackie

Careless One

Carbon copy typescript draft, 2 leaves, of the 'legend' "The Careless One" retold by Stan Connolly. This is a story about Gna-wa-yew the Turtle, Wong-ga-loo the Cockato and Doorr-Kim the White-tail Water-rat as they sail to Green Island.

Connolly, Stan

Story by Vanessa Fisher

Typescript, 2 leaves, on continuous computer paper. Begins 'A Story told by Vanessa Fisher - told to her by her grandfather - a story-teller of the Wakka-Wakka tribe'. It is the story of how the echidna got its quills, how the flat-headed goanna got its flat head, how old man wallaby got his white spot on his chest and why we should always listen tot the willy-wagtail.

Fisher, Vanessa

Australia Day March - v Brisbane

Carbon copy typescript draft, 1 leaf, handwritten emendations, possibly written by Muriel Langford about the march from King George Square to Musgrave Park where Pastor Henry Collins also spoke.

Langford, Muriel E., 1913-2003

Joyce Wilding - friend of Aboriginal people

Typescript draft, 1 leaf, with handwritten emendations, written about Joyce Wilding, nominating her for the 200 Unsung Heroes and Heroines. Written at the top is 'The Greatest story never told' and 'an unsung heroine'. Possibly written by Muriel Langford as she was also nominated.

Langford, Muriel E., 1913-2003

Draft of paper 'Aboriginal identity, government and the law'

Copy of a typescript paper of the opening address at the ANZAAS symposium on Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australian society - Brisbane - May 28, 1971, titled 'Aboriginal identity, government and the law' by WC Wentworth; 13 leaves; 1971? Differs slightly from the published version which appears in Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australian society edited by D Tugby (1973).

Wentworth, W. C. (William Charles), 1907-2003

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