Draft typescript article written by Richard Fotheringham for The Australian Literary Review which was published with the title 'Inside the killing fields of Queensland' on October 6, 2010, pp. 12-13. This article was written after the discovery of a memoir by Thomas Davis, father of Arthur Hoey Davis (aka "Steele Rudd"), which discussed massacres of Australian Aborigines in his time of working in Queensland in the 1800s. Fotheringham suggested the name of the manuscript.

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Photocopied typescript of the transcript of interviews by Linda McBride-Levi with Hazel Mace, Ruth Hegarty and Moira Hegarty on 9 April 1988. The interviewees share personal recollections of life on Cherbourg Mission.

Personal and professional papers of Caroline Kelly, including correspondence; financial and legal papers; unpublished poetry and stories; theatre records and publications; anthropology field notes, reports and articles; photographs and newspaper cuttings.

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Photocopy of a handwritten account of Beryl Wharton, giving details of her life at Cherbourg mission, working life and the various places she lived. Undated. Author of account is a grandchild; name not supplied. There is a timeline of events in the life of Beryl are from 1924 to 1986; most likely this account was written in the late 1980s.

Durundur Station letterbooks and account book; autograph album; personal papers of John McConnel and Arthur John McConnel; legal and financial documents; surveyors' plans and parish maps (relating to family holdings in Burnett area); press clippings; breeding records; correspondence, miscellaneous papers, poetry, artwork.

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Typescript (duplicated), which includes descriptive information about the Kabi tribe, an account of conflict between white settlers and local indigenous people in about 1849, and an account of indigenous customs at Mt. Mowbollan. Includes bibliography.

Copy of a typescript paper of the opening address at the ANZAAS symposium on Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australian society - Brisbane - May 28, 1971, titled 'Aboriginal identity, government and the law' by WC Wentworth; 13 leaves; 1971? Differs slightly from the published version which appears in Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australian society edited by D Tugby (1973).

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of aboriginal affairs, compiled for Abschol from March 1963 to July 1966.
Scrapbook includes pamphlets and postcards.

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Report of visit to Cherbourg Aboriginal community by R. Wright and K. Loughlin, representatives of Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia.
The visit was to investigate wage rates and employment conditions of Aboriginal Union members.

On the title page, handwritten above the title 'The Jinibara tribe of South East Queensland (and its neighbours)' is 'Gaiarbau's story of '.

This draft 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 written in blue pen; written in pencil at the top of most pages is 're-typed'. Handwritten emendations do not form part of the published version in Queensland Ethnohistory Transcripts 1:1 (1982). Illustrations consist of black and white photographs pasted onto light weight card and tipped/inserted in place.

Preface written by Norman B. Tindale.

Index of contents is available at the end of the volume (page numbers may not be the correct).
Contents, as edited:
Chapter I. The tribes and their areas.
Chapter II. The Jinibara.
Chapter III. Jinibara Tribal Government. [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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