Writing paper note book containing handwritten short stories titled: 'Kooril', and 'Coopee (Possum)'.

Letters between Caroline Kelly and Professor A.P. Elkin, from an original folder labelled Kempsey (NSW) and listing Macksville, Tilba Tilba and Wallaga Lake.
Letter of introduction for Caroline Kelly from the Secretary, Office of Board for Protection of Aborigines, 22 Apr 1936.
Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
Miss Andrews
?? Bairds
Mrs Carter
?? Chapman
Mrs ?? Geddes
Mrs ?? Hough
Miss ?? Pearce
Mr ?? Watkin
Dolly Button
Dorothy Bull
Duchess
Eric Rasden
Ethel Gabriel
Frank Summerville
Lizzie (Sandy or Brown?)
Jocie Duhig
Mr and Mrs Jacobs (mission manager and wife?)
Madam von Willer
Young Glover

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Bound typescript draft (70 leaves ; 30 cm) with annotations, layout notes and edits of 'Stories from Australia' (Stradbroke dreamtime), published in 1971 by Angus and Robertson in folder with title on cover: 'Kath Walker MS.' Included in folder are 25 line drawings by Dennis Schapel for the book.

Anthropological field notes and reports.

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The original folder was titled 'Manuscripts submitted to A&R' and contains short stories and poems submitted to Angus and Robertson. Some have corrections and annotations. Indicated in square brackets after the tile are handwritten notes that appear on the first page. Some may also have corrections. This file contains:
‘Beginning of Life’ (published as ‘The Beginning of Life’) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Biami and Bunyip’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Burr+Nong (Bora Ring)’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
Boonah (Bloodwood Gum)' [submitted to A&R.];
‘The Carpet Snake’ (published as Carpet Snake) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Curlew’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Dear Boys and Girls’ (letter) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘The Dugong Hunt’ (published as Dugong Coming!) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Dunwich Stradbroke Island Assimilation of Aborigines’ (2 drafts);
‘Edward Ruska’;
'The Exercise Book' [submitted to A&R.];
‘The Fisherman’ [? submitted to A&R.];
‘Going Crabbing’ [original had not submitted to A&R but the not has been crossed out. Accepted];
‘The Hunter’ (published as The Shark) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Interlude’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
'Joshua and Roo-Roo';
'Kill to eat' [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
'Mai (Black Bean)';
‘Midden’ (published as ‘The Midden’) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Mirrabooka (Southern Cross)’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Muma's Pet’ [submitted to A&R.];
‘Not Our Day’ [submitted to A&R.];
‘Pomera (Banksia)’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Racism’ (3 copies);
‘School Days’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Stradbroke’ [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘Talwalpin (Cotton Tree) and Kowinka (Red Mangrove)' [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
'Tia Gam (Lawyer Vine)' [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
'Tuggan-Tuggan (Silky Oak)' [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
‘We three’ (poem) [submitted to A&R.];
'Wher's Mother (published as Where's Mother) [submitted to A&R. Accepted];
'Wonga and Nudu' [submitted to A&R. Accepted].

Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters.

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Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters.

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:

? Semples [first name not provided]
McDonald [first name not provided]
Miss Dight
Mrs Ballads
Mr Bulls
? McCaffrey [first name not provided]
? McCarthy [first name not provided]
? McDonald [first name not provided]
? Mitchell [first name not provided]
Ada Beckett
Bill Dupain
Bill Robertson
Duchess
Dolly Button
Dorothy Colley
Eddie Gilbert
Frank Bell
Fred Darby
Jack Dalight
Jack Oliver
Josephine Concannon
M. Alban
Maria Dawson
Tommy Isles
Tim ? (adopted CTK) [last name not provided]
Viv Thompson

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Anthropological field notes and reports.

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:

Conlon Family
Mrs Conlon and sons Percy Conlon, Arthur Conlon, George Conlon, Bill Conlon and daughter Winnie Conlon

Coumbo Family
Annie Coumbo, Venus Coumbo, Jack Coumbo, Jean Coumbo and Bertie Coumbo

Mrs Hopkins (sister of Jack)
Bob Eubbard / Hubbard [spelling uncertain]
Cerra Anderson
Elsie Goodchap (Wife of Wily)
Harry Willis
Jack Anderson
Maudie Bligh (wife of Martin B) and children; Mavis Bligh, Fred Bligh and Percy Bligh
Tommy Conlon
Tommy Norley
Topsy Norley

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Anthropological field notes and reports.

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This file has three typescript copies (two are carbon copies) of 'Recollections of Thomas Davis' collected by Steele Rudd, two of which have a note in the top right-hand corner 'In the posession [sic] of Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell circ. 1908-9'. One copy has handwritten emandations.

These recollections were shared with his son, Arthur Hoey Davis (1868-1935) (whose pen name was Steele Rudd) mostly likely in the early 1900's. Thomas Davis was a former convict. His memoir covers the period from 1849 to the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859. Davis initially worked with J. C. Burnett's Survey Party. He recounts stories of the places he visited and their history, various encounters with local indigenous groups and individuals, language and culture of the Aboriginal people of the area, kinship system in the Maronoa and Balonne region, and a list of more than 100 names and phrases in the dialect of the people of the Balonne, Dawson and Comet river. Joshua Peter Bell is mentioned several times in memoir. This and other recollections by Thomas Davis were collected by Joshua Thomas Bell in the first decade of the 20th century.