Includes : 'A.C.T.U Congress, September 1963, Melbourne, Decision : Aborigines' (2 pp. typescript)

Letter and duplicated typescript of submission made by the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland to the Government of Queensland seeking an end to wage discrimination against Aboriginal Australians in the pastoral industry. Both are dated 6 July 1964 and signed by A. Macdonald, General Secretary.

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Photocopied typescript. Concerns the social organisation of traditional Aboriginal society.

Photocopied typescript. Addresses 'What the white man needs to know about Aboriginals' and 'What Aboriginals need to know about themselves'. Discusses Aboriginal spirituality, and the need for research into Aboriginal history and culture. Steele makes several references to Janie Sunflower.

Asks for support for campaign by the National Tribal Council against the Queensland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders' Affairs Act, 1965.
Letter signed by Len Watson, Education Officer.

This carbon copy typescript recounts the story of Gaiarbau as told to Lindsay Winterbotham. In it Gaiarbau describes the form of tribal government, details of daily life, community, and relations with others outside of the community. This copy has many handwritten emendations. Illustrations consist of black and white photographs. Preface written by Norman B. Tindale. Index of contents is available at the end of the volume. Contents, as edited: Chapter I. The tribes and their areas, -- Chapter II. The Jinibara. -- Chapter III. Jinibara Tribal Goverment. [The Bora , and] Tribal Council [and Gundir]. -- Chapter IV. Daily Life. -- Chapter V. Community life. -- Chapter VI. Story Telling. -- Chapter VII. Conduct of fights and weapons used. -- Chapter VIII. Intertribal activities. Walkabout. -- Chapter IX. Pygmies (Dinderis).

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Essay for Judy Englis Essay Competition, 1969.

Review of unnamed film by Professor Campbell, Dean of Faculty of Dentistry, University of Adelaide.
Film is about Aboriginal life in far north of South Australia, and contrasts a traditional Aboriginal lifestyle, with the lives of Aboriginal people on reserves.

Photocopied papers compiled in support of an amended entry on Sir Evan Mackenzie, in Australian Dictionary of Biography. The papers document a massacre of Aboriginal people on or near Mackenzie's station at Kilcoy. Included : letter from Jim Gibbney , Australian Dictionary of Biography, to Gerry Langevad, 19 Oct 1977; death certificate of Richard James Coley; "Preliminary Suggested Amendment" of Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for Sir Evan Mackenzie; and supporting notes.