Kath Walker was a delegate at the Fifth Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS) from 3-8 January 1980, at University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. This file includes the programmes for the official opening, bus time-table for special trips during the conference, a list of delegates, abstracts, notices, notes, articles of association, business cards, a map of University of South Pacific, and names and addresses collected by Kath Walker.

The original folder was titled 'Poems unpublished' and has a contents listing by Kath Walker. Some poems have been published since the author created this file. It contains 34 poems, some with copies or drafts. The poems are:

1. 'I'm Not’ (3 drafts, one handwritten);
2. ‘Westerlies’ (On the back of ‘The glass island’ by Laurie Neill);
3. ‘Butcher Bird’ (4 drafts, one handwritten);
4. ‘Hari Sastra’ (3 handwritten drafts);
5. ‘Little Bean’ (2 drafts, one handwritten);
6. ‘Oration’ (5 drafts);
7. ‘Full Moon’ (5 drafts);
8. ‘Mangrove Bird’ (7 drafts);
9. ‘Exhausted’ (2 drafts);
10. ‘Wedding Song’ (6 drafts);
11. ‘Dead Wood’ (6 drafts);
12. ‘Hercules’ (2 drafts);
13. ‘Child of Two Races’ (2 drafts);
14. ‘No Place to Go’ (3 drafts, one handwritten);
15. ‘Roebun Lament’ (2 drafts);
16. ‘Blue Crane’ (handwritten);
17. ‘Will I?’ (3 drafts);
18. ‘Minjerriba’ (4 drafts, one handwritten);
19. ‘To a Policeman’ (3 drafts);
20. ‘Noises’ (3 drafts, one handwritten);
21. ‘Credit and Loss’ (4 drafts);
22. ‘Furry Friend’ (4 drafts);
23. ‘Can you?’ (6 drafts);
24. ‘Lovers Quarrel’ (4 drafts);
25. ‘Yussef’ (6 drafts, two handwritten (one on a British airways waste disposal bag with an accompanying letter);
26. ‘Commonplace’ (4 drafts, one a photocopied handwritten draft);
27. ‘The Fisherman’ (3 drafts);
28. ‘Grey Gum’;
29. ‘Civilised Man’ (3 drafts, one handwritten);
30. ‘Sunrise over Stradbroke’ (3 drafts);
31. ‘Poets (for Jack Davis)’ (3 drafts, one handwritten);
32. ‘Black Prostitute’ (3 drafts, one handwritten);
33. ‘Sister Poet’ (1 draft, 1 carbon copy);
34. ‘Iban Long house’ (3 drafts, one handwritten).

This file contains several documents which include:
'Submission to the Department of Aboriginal Affairs re the Moongalba Project' from the Noonuccal-Nughie Board;
'Submission re Myora Park Project to Redlands Shire Council, 21 October 1971 by Kath Walker;
'Specification for Moongalba, National Aboriginal Cultural and Training Centre, Stradbroke Island Queensland' (typescript and one carbon copy, in binders);
Correspondence regarding the proposed National Aboriginal; Lease of reserve - Aboriginal Cultural Centre - Mrs Kath Walker - letter and agreement, dated 23 Aug 1976;
Typescript draft by Judith Wright 'An island meeting-place';
Photocopy of article by Ray Carmichael 'For Kath Walker and Moongalba : the last noble savage';
Photocopy of article by Margaret Read Lauer "Kath Walker at Moongalba : making the new dreamtime';
Typescript by Bob Tait 'Moongalba meeting';
Documents that were originally in a folder labelled "Moongalba": lease agreement between Kathleen Jean Mary Walker and Shire of Redland Council, 1972 with architectural sketches; and "Moongalba : a film proposal" by Helen Boyd. Ist draft. (typescript).

This file includes letters, flyers, media releases, story outline for film, reservation forms to 'attend the screening of the film and meet Kath Walker' and newspaper cuttings relating to the film Shadow Sister. Shadow Sister : a film biography of Aboriginal Poet Kath Walker, M.B.E. was produced and directed by Frank Heinmans of Cinetel Productions. The film premiered at the Sydney Opera House in November 1977 to 6000 people, mostly school children.

The original folder had two titles 'Unpublished playscripts and stories'. Some scripts have multiple copies, some have drafts, and some have annotations. It contains the following scripts: 'Bora. Initiation' (3 drafts), 'Civilised savages: one act play', 'Old Mick' (3 drafts, one incomplete), 'Playabout corroboree', 'Tail of platypus' (3 drafts), 'Tea party. Review.' (2 drafts), and 'You can't trust no one no how'. The last item is a photocopied typescript (8 leaves) with 'Tape excerpt (verbatim)' written across the top of every page. The 'interviewee' is an Australian Aboriginal giving a commentary on the 'Police' ; 'What is an Aboriginal?'; and 'Discrimination'.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource mentions cultural ceremony and Bora initiation. It 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.

This file includes letters from organisations and individuals asking Oodgeroo Noonuccal to appear in programs, provide content, and for permissions to use her literary works for television and film productions. Correspondents include: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Ben Cropp Productions, Channel Seven, Circule Films, Nomad Films International, Riverside Studios, Screen Gems, The Pierre Berton Show, Talking Pictures, and United Telecasters Sydney Limited.

This file includes correspondence from community and educational organisations requesting Kath Walker to participate in events and readings. Included are also invitations to events such as dinners, festivals, ceremonies, exhibitions, official functions, concerts, weddings and other social functions.

Correspondence from Government departments, insurance companies, and banks.

Included in these subject files are materials, which may be accompanied by correspondence, such as leaflets, newsletters, minutes of meetings, and reports of activities, that relate to various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organisations. These organisations are: Aboriginal Aged Persons Homes Trust. -- Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane. -- Australia Council. Aboriginal Arts Board. (1969-1985). -- “Aboriginal Publications Foundation”. -- Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. -- Foundation for Aboriginal Islander Research Action. -- National Aboriginal Conference (NAC) Secretariat. -- “NAC Election, July 1979, Kath Walker”. -- National Aboriginal Consultative Committee. -- National Aboriginal Writers, Oral Literature and Dramatists Association (NAWOLDA). -- Victorian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and Camp Jungai Co-operative Limited. -- Woollah Project, Kewdale, Western Australia.