Documents and photographs collected by Roy James Walden.

Folder 1
Seventy six (76) typescript and handwritten items including receipts, letters, lease documents, invoices, telegram and cards concerning Roy James Walden and the various pastoral properties he leased in the Burke district. These properties include: Adina Holdings and Calshot Holdings.

Parcel 1
Eighty five (85) photographs, several are reprints, of Escott station, Walden family, Burketown area as well as some photographs taken on an overseas trip:

1. Frank Walden, 2yrs 3 months, undated, black and white; real photo postcard which has been attached to glass (probably framed at some point).
2. Frank Walden, ca. 1910, Marless Station, Burketown.
3. Ellen Regan (later Mrs Frank Walden) of Golden Gate, Croyden District, ca. 1910. Inscription: “To dear Jane from Nell”
4. Nickolson River Escott Station, Burketown. Black and white, early 1900s, includes an Aboriginal Australian spear fishing from the side of the river, captioning in white print on front of photograph
5. Salt-getting. Escott Station, Burketown. Black and white, early 1900s, includes Aboriginal Australians, captioning in white print on front of photograph.
6. Escott Station, Burketown. Black and white, early 1900s, captioning in white print on front of photograph, on verso handwritten in pencil 'McIntyre (original owner) on horse.
7. Real photo postcard; black and white; handwritten on verso 'Croyden : Queen Carnival won by Miss Regan Her father, Jerry Regan, holding horse' 'Photograph has children in horse cart with horse WWI era'.
8. Real photo postcard; black and white; handwritten on verso 'Croyden Carnival Queen competition, WWI era'.
9. Reprint black and white photograph; handwritten on verso 'Right Robert John Walden, eldest son of Robert Walden, who migrated from England, landing at Rockhampton and then travelling overland to Burketown. Robert Walden (Snr) purchased a bullock team in Rockhampton to make this journey'. Image has three adult men and seated on the ground is an Aboriginal Australian child. Undated. [Robert Walden was the uncle of Roy Walden].
10. Unidentified group, undated, partial photograph. [10a to 10b].
11. J. Morgan, Uncle of Frank Walden, Wales, undated.
12. Death announcement, Robert Walden, 1910.
13. Real photo postcard with mother and child; black and white, undated; handwritten on verso 'To Dear Nell with love from Liple and self. Liples is just 7 months xxxxxx'.
14. Grandmother, Frank and Harold Walden, undated; with handwritten annotation on verso.
15. Real photo postcard with image of a family group of seven adults, black and white, undated.
16. Real photo postcard with an image of Mr and Mrs Duke Simpson and four children, black and white, undated. Handwritten on verso ' To Dear Nell and Frank. With fond love from the Simpson family.
17. Real photo postcard with image of Kathleen, black and white, 15/8/18. Handwritten on verso 'To Mrs Walden with love from Kathleen 15/8/18'.
18. Reprint of original photograph, black and white, undated. Handwritten on verso 'Robert Waldon 28.4.1822 - 9.5.1902 and Martha Bailey 5.7.1829 - 23.6.1902 with children excluding John Walden, who died prior to the photo'.
19. Real photo postcard with image of Quetta Memorial Cathedral, Thursday Island, black and white, undated.
20. Reprint of a photograph of the grave of Robert and Annie Walden, Burketown, undated.
21. Reprint of a photograph, black and white, undated. Handwritten on verso 'Grave of Robert and Annie Walden, Burketown'.
22. Reprint of a photograph, black and white, undated. Handwritten on verso 'N.T. Humbolt River Area, N.T. - not Waldens'.
23. Horses at Burketown, August, black and white, 1945.
24. Camooweal Mail truck, Billy Snorkins, black and white, undated.
25. Three men at Burketown, black and white, ca. 1955. Handwritten on verso 'Burketown, ca. 1955 [indecipherable] (centre and left) & Jack (Bright) Chambers (on right)
26. Store Truck, black and white, undated. Handwritten on verso 'last store truck Synnott, Murray & Scholes owned - newly built wharf at time - post [indecipherable]'.
27. Yarrum Station, owned by Murray’s, black and white, undated.
28. Unnamed group, 9 men, black and white, undated.
29. Roy Branding horse, Frank Walden (senior) holding rope, black and white, ca. 1943-1944.
30. Nardoo Homestead, black and white, undated.
31. Unnamed male in truck, black and white, undated.
32. After a cyclone, black and white, undated.
33. Drover’s wife and Mr Walden, Augustus downs Station, early 1960s, black and white.
34. One male at water’s edge, black and white, undated.
35. Group of men with horses, black and white, undated.
36. Two Australian Aboriginal men and one white male on horseback, black and white, undated.
37. Unnamed group, black and white, undated.
38. Escott – Adina getting logs for yards, black and white, undated.
39. Burketown Cricket team taken at Lorraine Station, black and white, 1930. Accompanied by copy of newspaper cutting showing Roy Walden's father (front row left). Includes Frank Walden, Marless Station and Jack Schollar, “Punjab” station
40. Killing yard at Escott, black and white, undated.
41. Calshot, black and white, undated.
42. Escott, black and white, undated.
43. Reprint of photograph with unnamed man of camel, black and white, undated.
44. Frank Walden on horseback, black and white, undated.
45. Frank Walden (Senior) at salt pans behind hospital and cemetery early 1930s – boring for water?, black and white, undated.
46. Horse and dog, black and white, undated.
47. Ellen's Uncle [?] Regan, brother of Jerry Regan, black and white, undated.
48. Jerry Walden, father of Ellen Walden (wife of Frank Walden), black and white, undated.
49. Two men branding horses, black and white, undated.
50. Escott, black and white, 1960s.
51. Two men with cattle, Adina, black and white, 1960s.
52. Major Walden and Frank Walden, Adina, black and white, ca. 1964.
53. Reprint of photograph of three unidentified males, enlarged photo, black and white, undated.
54. Reprint of photograph of branding horses, black and white, undated. [54a to 54d].
55. Roy James Walden on ‘Numerella’, Escott, black and white, 1961.
56. Herbert Walden (back to camera), Roy Walden branding cattle, Escott, black and white, 1963.
57. Farm workers on truck, black and white, undated.
58. 1 male (R. J. Walden?), black and white, undated.
59. Australian Aboriginal couple with white female, near Escott, Nicholson River, c. 1950. (Reprint).
60. ‘Old’ School at Burketown, black and white, 1900s. (Reprint).
61. Old Doyle house in Burketown, colour, undated.
62. Post Office, Burketown, colour, 1976.
63. Light aircraft, colour, undated.
64. Light aircraft, colour, undated.
65. Inscription of gravestone, colour, undated.
66. Gravestone of Roy James Walden, colour, undated.
67. Gravestone of Roy James Walden, colour, undated.
68. Gravestone of Roy James Walden, colour, undated.
69. Truck, colour, undated.
70. Burketown Races, colour, Aug 1981.
71. Horses, colour, undated.
72. Start of the Roy James Memorial Race, Burketown, colour, Jul 1981.
73. Colour scenic photos, colour, undated. [73a to 73f].
74. Colour scenes of Prague, colour, 1983. [74a to 74b].
75. Interior of private home, Czechoslovakia, Mr. Jiri Novotny, black and white, 1983.

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.

Two typescript accounts about Jim Hamilton.

Typescript, 3 leaves (on the back of unrelated printout), with handwritten emendations, undated. At the top of the first page handwritten note: 'at the opening of the "Jim Hamilton" room at OPAL (early 1970s). Most likely written by Muriel Langford. Accompanied by double sided typescript speaking notes on lightweight card, summarising the typescript.

Typescript, 1 leaf (on the back of unrelated printout), with handwritten emedations in blue pen, undated. At the top, in pencil, is 'Pam'.

Three typescript drafts about One People of Australia League (OPAL), written by Muriel Langford. These expand on the untitled manuscript about how OPAL began but with more information about Muriel's personal experiences in India and when she arrived in Australia and greater detail about how OPAL began and what it did.

Many of the pages in the first draft are on the back of other material; some pages have been pasted or sticky taped together; has no title, 23 leaves in length; undated; accompanied by a short summary, perhaps for a speech.

The second draft is on continuous computer paper and has the title 'Why and how OPAL began, and how it worked'; has handwritten emendations; 28 leaves, numbered; on the last page handwritten in blue pen is 'Copyright ME Langford, 1989 and'.

The third draft is on continuous computer paper and has the title 'Why and how OPAL began, and how it worked'; has handwritten note on the first page 'Draft Reminiscences. E & OE!! Copyright' ; 28 leaves, numbered; on the last page handwritten note 'PO [?] Muriel Langford. Copyright'.

Two typescript drafts, 3 leaves each, with handwritten emendations. Both drafts are printed on the back of scrap/recycled paper. Undated but based on events in 1998.

First draft has the title 'Bringing them home - the stolen generation : Auntie Beryl's dreaming'; handwritten emendations in blue pen; 3 leaves; giving an account of the march in February 1998 of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, from Musgrave Park to the Brisbane city centre. The second draft has the title 'Auntie Beryl's dreaming', 3 leaves; with some corrections and written at the top is 'Full original'.

Typescript draft, 3 leaves, giving an account of the Annual Dance Festival held on Thursday Island and education in the Torres Strait Islands; author unknown; undated by most likely 1993'; handwritten notes on the reverse of the last page, some in shorthand, possibly by Jackie Huggins. Photocopy of the 3 leaf draft with a map of the canoe trading routes in the Torees Strait Islands.

Carbon copy typescript draft, 2 leaves, handwritten emendations, possibly written by Muriel Langford about Survival Celebrations in Musgrave Park, including the construction of the tent city, and marching to Expo 88. Accompanied by a typescript note about the equipment and food requirements for Musgrave Park, on the inside part of a seasonal card; and a typescript item for a newsletter about the arrangement for the Cultural Survival Gathering in Musgrave Park which has a handwritten line at the top 'To Duncan for newsletter'.

The Murri School (also known as the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School) was first established in 1986. Financial statements for the School for the years ending 1992 and 1997; and for the School's Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness Program, year ending 1992. Also includes an untitled typed report on school governance and administration by Barry J. Duncan, 6 leaves,

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.

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.

Correspondence, mostly to or by Muriel Langford, as well as letters that seem to relate to her activist activities:
Seasons Greetings card to Muriel [Langford] and family from May, undated.
University of Queensland envelope addressed to M.E. Langford, undated.
B.L. Langford to the Editor (South Burnett Times), 30 Jul 1982 [copy] with newspaper cutting that Rev. Langford refers to in his letter.
Muriel Langford to the Editor (Courier Mail), 4 Aug 1982.
Russell Rollasoon to the Editor (South Burnett Times), 6 Aug 1982 [copy].
Letter from Helen Boyle (from the Committee to Defend Black Rights) with a copy of a letter to be sent to Gerry Hand, [1987?].
Form letter from Des Walsh, [1987?].
Form letter from Des Walsh, 30 Jul 1987 with Certificate of participation to Muriel Langford for participating in 200 unsung heroes and heroines, 30 Jul 1987.
Form letter from Wendy McCarthy, [1987].
J.F. Kirk to Muriel Langford, 20 Nov 1987 with Copyright release form (2 leaves) and copy of Nomination by Muriel Langford for Joyce Wilding, 1 Dec 1987.
J.F. Kirk to Muriel Langford, 20 Apr 1988.
Muriel Langford to Wayne Goss, 5 May 1988 [carbon copy]
Muriel Langford to Mike Ahern, 5 May 1988 [carbon copy]
Muriel Langford to J.F. Kirk, 11 Nov 1988 [carbon copy]
Letter from Elaine Darling to Muriel Langford, 21 May 1992.
Letter from John Leary-Joyce to Muriel Langford, undated.