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Letters to Margaret 1999

  • F3152
  • Item
  • 1999

Bound volume of letters of appreciation to Senator Margaret Reynolds by her colleagues, on the occasion of her retirement.

Irwin, Janet

Photograph album of Cairns Railway, Barron Falls and Kuranda

  • F3377
  • Item
  • [1909]

Photograph album of Cairns Railway, Barron Falls and Kuranda containing 48 photographs (21 x 16cm) mounted on board in a blue and grey album. The album shows the Cairns Railway Line and the surrounding countryside during its construction. Views include the Barron Gorge, Barron Falls, Kuranda Railway Station, Robb's Monument, and indigenous Australian families living in the area.

Hill, Colleen

Sketches of an Aboriginal bora ground, at Moreton Bay by Surveyor General Oxley

  • F3393
  • File
  • 1920

Typescript report, 1 leaf, signed by H. Selkvik, the Under Secretary for Lands, dated 14 July 1920, regarding the two accompanying sketches of two Aboriginal bora grounds in the Moreton Bay by Surveyor General Oxley. Sketch no. "1": Copy of a drawing in field book no.216 Department of Lands containing original field notes by John Oxley Surveyor General in connection with survey of Moreton Bay dated 9th to 11th October 1824. Sketch no. "2": Copy of drawings in field book no.217 Department of Lands containing John Oxley's original field notes of his survey of Moreton Bay dated 11th September to 12th October 1824.

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.

Oxley, John, 1783-1828

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

Views of Cairns-Herberton Railways, etc., Queensland

  • F3462
  • Item
  • 1886-1900

Album of twelve sepia photographs of views of North Queensland including Cairns, Herberton, Barron George, Barron Falls, Hambledon and railways in the area. Title handwritten inside album. Album is undated. A handwritten list of captions and supplied item numbers has been inserted prior to the title page. Most photographs appear to be around the construction of the railway to Herberton which began in Cairns in 1886. It finished in Ravenshoe in 1916.

Written on the inside cover the album, presumably by the seller: "In. [Inventory] 5033. Royal Qto. Oblong Purple toned. 10 [shillings]". These type of photographs were often taken by the Queensland Government.

Each photo has caption, supplied information is included in square brackets:

  1. Glacier Rock . --
  2. [Cairns-Herberton railway] From 28 bridge. --
  3. Surprise Creek bridge [Cairns-Herberton railway]. --
  4. Cairns end of long tunnel. --
  5. The Barron Gorge. --
  6. Herberton end of the tunnel. --
  7. Near the Barron. --
  8. Barron Falls. --
  9. Aborigines of Cairns-Herberton district. --
  10. Kanaka women working in sugar cane. --
  11. Hambledon Sugar Plantation Cairns, general views. --
  12. Hoeing weeds in young cane.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this manuscript may contain images or names of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased.

Album of Charles Kerry photographs

  • F3466
  • Item
  • 1875?-1930?

Album of 52 albumen prints, (20 x 15cm) mounted on board. Written on the images in white capital letters are captions, a photographic number and the name of the photographic studio 'Kerry, Photo, Sydney'. Handwritten on the mounting boards are pencil captions, often with less information than the captions on the images and the photographic number supplied by Kerry crossed out and alternative numbering provided. The album itself has been bound and has a handwritten spine title stuck to it "Australian Aboriginal ceremonies". It looks to have been added to the album at a later date, thus not the original title of the album.

The images are of Australian Aboriginal people in what appears to be mostly staged poses for Australian Aboriginal ceremonies, corroborees, dance, tracking, fights as well as photographs of various individuals. Some of the photographs have painted backdrops. Some of the people in the photographs were members of "Meston's Wild Australia" (also know as Archibald Meston's "Wild Australia Show"). There are some photographs that were most likely taken in Sydney in December 1892 by Charles Kerry. This is based on the beach setting and the backdrops being identical to those photographs for Archibald Meston's "Wild Australia Show".

Listed below are the contents of the album. The number corresponds to the page number in the album; the tile is what appears on the image itself; and in brackets is the Kerry Studio photograph number and the alternative number if provided. Information in square brackets is provided by the processing archivist:

  1. Aboriginal ceremony. Death of the deity (Kerry, Photograph number 2804 / 136). --
  2. Leaving the bora ceremony (Kerry, Photograph number 2616). --
  3. Crossing the mystic figures (Kerry, Photograph number 2614 / 137). --
  4. Approaching the kings ground (Kerry, Photograph number 2615 / 138). --
  5. Aboriginal ceremony "The sick warrior" (Kerry, Photograph number 2598 / 139). --
  6. Aboriginal ceremony "Lying in wait" (Kerry, Photograph number 2608 / 140). --
  7. Aboriginal ceremony "Death of the wild boar" (Kerry, Photograph number 2603 / 141). --
  8. Aboriginal ceremony "Arrival of the king" (Kerry, Photograph number 2605 / 142). --
  9. Aboriginal bora. "Waiting the decision of the king" (Kerry, Photograph number 2617 / 143). --
  10. Aboriginal ceremony. "A duel to the death" (Kerry, Photograph number 2610 / 144). --
  11. Aborigines worshiping figure of the deity (Kerry, Photograph number 2597 / 145). --
  12. Arrival of the novices [unable to decipher writing on photograph] (Kerry, Photograph number 2611 / 146). --
  13. Aboriginal ceremony "Warriors in ambush" (Kerry, Photograph number 2600). --
  14. Aboriginal ceremony "Opening the Bora" (Kerry, Photograph number 2609 / 147). --
  15. Aboriginal ceremony, "Spearing the wild bull" (Kerry, Photograph number 2599 / 148). --
  16. Aboriginal corroboree "A battle" (Kerry, Photograph number 2586 / 149). --
  17. Aboriginal ceremony "Following the footsteps of the deity" (Kerry, Photograph number 2606 / 150). --
  18. Waiting for instructions ([Kerry, Photograph number] 2612 / 151). --
  19. Aboriginals "Corroboree" (Kerry, Photograph number 2584). --
  20. Aboriginal ceremony, "The Bora tree" (Kerry, Photograph number 2607 / 152). --
  21. Aboriginal ceremony, "Spearing the Alligator" (Kerry, Photograph number 2601/ 153). --
  22. Aboriginal ceremony, "Gathering wild bird eggs" (Kerry, Photograph number 2602 / 154). --
  23. Aboriginals "Corroboree" (Kerry, Photograph number 2585 / 155). --
  24. Aboriginal corroboree "Healing the sick warrior" (Kerry, Photograph number 2588 / 156). --
  25. [Writing indecipherable] "Drafting sheep" (Kerry, Photograph number 2587 / 157). --
  26. Aboriginals tracking ([Kerry, Photograph number] 2583 / 158). --
  27. Corroboree Austn Aborigines [painted backdrop] (Kerry, Photograph number 1360 / 159). --
  28. "Wermugga Dance" Austn Aboriginals [painted backdrop] (Kerry, Photograph number 1361 / 160). --
  29. Aboriginals & Black Trackers (Kerry, Photograph number 1388 / 161). --
  30. Group fighting men [painted backdrop] (Kerry, Photograph number 1391 / 162). --
  31. Bora Corroboree (Kerry, Photograph number 1390). --
  32. Aboriginal Corroboree (Kerry, Photograph number 1367). --
  33. Fish Corroboree (Kerry, Photograph number 1393 / 163). --
  34. Aboriginals & Black Trackers (Kerry, Photograph number 1378 / 164). --
  35. Wermugga Corroboree (Kerry, Photograph number 1392 / 165). --
  36. Aboriginals & Black Tracker (Kerry, Photograph number 1389 / 166). --
  37. [Writing indecipherable on photograph] Group of Northern Territory natives (Kerry, Photograph number 1368). --
  38. An Aboriginal fight (Kerry, Photograph number 2553). --
  39. Aboriginals, upper Macleay River (Kerry, Photograph number 2162 / 167). --
  40. Aboriginals, upper Macleay River (Kerry, Photograph number 2160). --
  41. Aboriginals, upper Macleay River (Kerry, Photograph number 2161). --
  42. Darling R. natives (Kerry, Photograph number 141). --
  43. Aboriginal climbing tree (Kerry, Photograph number 2126 / 168). --
  44. Aboriginal spearing fish (Kerry, Photograph number 2125 / 169). --
  45. Native climbing with vine (Kerry, Photograph number 535). --
  46. "Wharangoo". Aboriginal, Tenterfield District [painted backdrop] (Kerry, Photograph number 1989 / 170). --
  47. "Borree", Aboriginal Chief, Jervis Bay (Kerry, Photograph number 2013). --
  48. "Yenohan". Girl, Tumut Tribe, N.S.W. (Kerry, Photograph number 1899 / 171). --
  49. Aboriginal women [painted backdrop] (Kerry, Photograph number 1914 / 172). --
  50. Aboriginal girl, Brungle [painted backdrop] (Kerry, Photograph number 1913 / 173). --
  51. Aboriginal warrior, Bellinger River (Kerry, Photograph number 2014). --
  52. Aboriginal with Derri Head dress (Kerry, Photograph number 1371 / 174).

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that photographs may contain images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms and descriptions. The descendants' request was that the subjects of the photos be recognised as Wailwan. None of the descendants expressed any desire to censor or withdraw the photos from general viewing. In particular, women should be cautious when viewing the image as it includes some aspects of traditional Men's Business.

Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1858-1928

Visit to Queensland of H.R.H. Duke of Gloucester, December 1934

  • F3474
  • Item
  • 1934

Album of 120 black and white photographs aranged chronologically.
Photographs show the Duke of Gloucester conducting official duties during his visit to Queensland in 1934. Places featured include: Wallangarra, Stanthorpe, Warwick, Clifton, Toowoomba, Gatton (including Agricultural College), Laidley, Rosewood, Ipswich, central Brisbane, Cleveland, Wynnum, R.N.A. Exhibition Grounds, University of Queensland, Bowen Park (Brisbane), Rosemount Repatriation Hospital, Archerfield Aerodrome, Dalgety's Wharf, and H.M.A.S. Australia on the Brisbane River. Photographs of Archerfield Aerodrome show the Duke dispatching the first airmail of the Australia-Great Britain Service.
Photographs are (10 x 14.5 cm and larger) mounted on boards with handwritten captions. Album bound in red leather. Cover title.

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