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Mura ngulaig

  • F680
  • File
  • 1972

Two volume book, printed by B. & A. Simpson and Young Bani, privately produced at Mabuiag, Torres Strait, 1972, for sale to schoolchildren and interested adults. Written in Mabuiag dialect. Parts 1 and 2. Part 1 accompanied by information about Buddy Simpson from the donor ( 2 pages on 1 leaf, handwritten). Titles: Mura ngulaig : Ngath nin ngurpaik and Mura ngulaig II : Na ngath lak nin ngurpaik.

Simpson, Buddy

Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation Ephemera

  • FVF689
  • File
  • 1997-1998

Brochures, leaflets, petition forms, newsletters and a letter produced by Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation (ANTaR).

Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation

Different cultures but one people : Meriba Kaimel - unity

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.

Huggins, Jackie

Council for Aboriginal Development Ephemera

  • FVF765
  • File
  • 1978

Letter, survey, and discussion paper circulated by the Council for Aboriginal Development, a Canberra based organisation, possibly in 1979 on compulsory voting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Council for Aboriginal Development

Photocopied drafts and notes for 'The life of Thomas Lowah' (Eded mer (My life))

  • F2236
  • File
  • [1983?]

Two copies of the photocopied typescripts and handwritten pages that are drafts and / or notes that relate to the autobiography of Thomas Lowah titled Eded mer (My life), published by Rams Skull Press in 1988.

The first section of typescript leaves is titled 'The life of Thomas Lowah' and has has 76 leaves. The next section, a typescript photocopy is thirty six leaves in length with a handwritten note 'second time' on the first page. The third section is a copy of the preamble of the 'Constitution and Rules of the Torres Strait Islanders and Aborigines Ex-Servicemens Corporation', two leaves. The next section is a photocopy of thirteen handwritten leaves. The last section is a photocopy of five typescript pages with the first page having the heading 'Trip to Brisbane and South East Qld on TSLI Committee's Matters', with agenda and notes from meetings in February 1983.

Lowah, Thomas, 1914-

Notebooks on Saibai and Mer languages

  • F3110
  • File
  • [195-?]

Four handwritten notebooks with the titles: Mer vocab; Mer grammar; Saibai language vocab; Saibai language grammar.

Miles, R. V.

Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School : cards and drawings

The Murri School (also known as the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School) was first established in 1986. This file contains cards and letters, mostly from children to ‘Super Gran’ or Muriel Langford and a Certificate of appreciation to Muriel Langford.

Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School (Brisbane, Qld.)

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