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Feedback on Shadow sister [motion picture]

Letters and cards from students who saw the film Shadow sister. Shadow sister is a film biography of Aboriginal poet Kath Walker, produced and directed by Frank Heimans, photographed by Geoff Burton and produced by Cinetel Productions. According to the flyer for the film "This film looks intimately at Kath Walker the person, and gives us a glimpse of how the Australian aborigines love and respect all natural aspects of their native land".

Denis and Vivian Walker material

Documents that relate to Denis Walker: Petition to Kath Walker to support the release of Denis Walker on bail; 'Letter to U.S.A.' by Denis B. Walker, 27 Jan 1982; letter regarding the 4th Sofia International writers meeting by Denis B. Walker, 19 Aug 1982; and article by Denis Walker titled 'The White Australian Psych'.
Documents relating to Vivian Walker: play script 'Urinchitta (Spark of fire)' by Vivian Walker (12 leaves); and 'Oodgeroo' by Vivian Walker (22 leaves). Also included in this file is a petition and forms requesting birth and marriage certificates by Vivian Walker from 17 Aug 1984.

Walker, Denis Bruce, 1947-

'Unpublished poems and stories, copies only, for America'

The original folder had the title 'Unpublished poems and stories, copies only, for America'. It contains a list of stories and poems (2 copies) with handwritten details for Kath Walker. The poems: ‘Blue Crane’, ‘Mangrove Bird’, ‘Minjerriba’, ‘Butcher Bird’, ‘Moongalba Peacocks’, ‘Credit and Loss’, ‘The Golden Voice’, ‘Oration’, ‘On Trugganner’, ‘Papua New Guinea’, ‘Bluff Mountain’, ‘Little Bean’, ‘Hari Sastra’, ‘Iban Longhouse’, ‘Yussef (Hi-jacker)’, ‘Commonplace’, ‘Exile’, ‘Grey Gum’, and ‘Sister Poet’. An extra poem, not on the list is included: 'Son of a son of mine'. Short stories: ‘Wail Rock’, ‘No horses for a month’, ‘Ole Mick’, ‘The Bunyip’, ‘Black Jimmy's Crime’, ‘We Look after our Own’, ‘I feared old Kindarra’

Speeches and reports

This subseries contains speeches and reports by (or attributed to) Oodgeroo Noonuccal in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.

Speeches and reports, 1961 to 1969

The file consists of 13 speeches or reports made by, or attributed to, Kath Walker between 1961 and 1969. There are:

  1. Copy of Speech by Kath Walker. Advancement of Aboriginal League & University of New England, 26 to 28 May 1961 (2 drafts, one with handwritten annotations)
  2. Copy of evidence given by Mrs Kathleen Jean Mary Walker to Parliamentary Select Committee, 16 June 1961
  3. The future of Aboriginal groups : report of conference held at Grafton 22 to 24 Sep 1961 [attributed to Kath Walker] (2 copies)
  4. Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement : Situation of Aboriginal and Islanders in Queensland, 1962?
  5. Report on the history of Aboriginal Organisations, Brisbane, Queensland, 7 Jul 1963, (handwritten annotations)
  6. The following is a report covering what I consider must be done, in the interest of Aboriginals and Islanders in Queensland, 13 Jul 1964
  7. Speech delivered by Mrs. K. Walker? Q'ld State Secretary Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 5 Sep 1964, beginning "1963 was described as the …."
  8. Speech to Brisbane Rotary Club, Lennons hotel, 20 Oct 1964, beginning "Gentlemen, The Aboriginal question is a very complex one."
  9. Conference report "Aborigines - the forgotten people" given at the Anthropology and Sociology Society Conference, 22 to 23 Apr 1967
  10. Report to the Australian Council of Churches on the World Council of Churches "Consultation on Racism" held in London 19 May 1969 (with handwritten annotations)
  11. Political Rights for Aborigines, Presented to the Easter Conference of F.C.A.A.T.S.I., 5 Apr 1969 (3 copies)
  12. White Racism and White Violence, June 1969 (2 copies)
  13. Coalition of Black and White Australians, July 1969
  14. Black Australians : Speech delivered to the Journalist Club, Sydney 16 Sept. 1969 (2 drafts)

Publishers, Jacaranda

This file includes correspondence, press releases, agreements and permission fee payments letters relating to Jacaranda Press and later, Jacaranda Wiley. Jacaranda Press published We are going, the first book of poems by Kath Walker.

Correspondence: Schools and Universities

Letters from children, high school and tertiary students and teachers and academics, mostly from Australia. Letters from Universities include inviting her to attend functions, be a guest speaker, comment on indigenous issues.

Teachers, school children and students, 1971 to 1979

This file contains letters to Kath Walker from school children, teachers and university students. Some letters by Kath Walker to school children and teachers are included. Many are letters from children thanking her for visiting their school and sharing her stories. Correspondents are teachers and students from various schools including: Presbyterian Ladies College (Orange, N.S.W.), Saint Mary's School (Broome?), Kindergarten Teachers' College (Kelvin Grove, Qld.), Sommerville House (South Brisbane, Qld.), Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School (South Yarra, Vic.), Chermside State Primary School (Chermside, Qld.), Villanova College (Coorparoo, Qld.), Ipswich State High School (Ipswich, Qld.), Maroochydore State High School (Maroochydore, Qld.), and Saint Francis Xavier School (Goodna, Qld.).

Universities, N to W

Letters from Universities include inviting her to attend functions, be a guest speaker (classes and conferences), teach, comment on indigenous issues. Includes: North Brisbane College of Advanced Education; Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education; Salisbury College of Advanced Education; Torrens College of Advanced Education; University of California, San Diego; University of Melbourne; University of New England; University of Papua New Guinea; University of Queensland; University of Sydney; University of Tasmania; University of Western Australia; Woollongong University College Union.

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