Sound recording from 1973 or 1974 by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, and others, interviewing Paul Tripcony while he was on a visit to Minjerribah.

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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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Journal articles authored by Caroline Kelly, AP Elkin, SF Nadel, AR Radcliffe Brown and others, as well as a trifold brochure from the Housing Commission of New South Wales containing an interview with Margaret Mead.

Some of the articles include:
'Tribes on Cherburg [Cherbourg] Settlement, Queensland' by Caroline Kelly, reprinted from Oceania, 1935;
'Former numbers and distribution of the Australian Aborigines' by AR Radcliffe brown, reprinted from The official yearbook of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1930;
'Some aspects of culture content in eastern Australia' by Caroline Kelly, reprinted from Oceania, 1945 [2 copies];
'The reaction of white groups in country towns of New South Wales to Aborigines' by Caroline Kelly, reprinted from Social horizons, 1943;
'The typological approach to culture : chance and rationality in culture' by SF Nadel, reprinted from Character and personality, 1937;
'Native languages and the field worker in Australia' by AP Elkin, reprinted from The American anthropologist, 1941; Social science research in Australia: history and functions of the Committee on Research in the Social Sciences, Australian National Research Council, 1945;
'AIE bulletin no. 3' bulletin letter by Margaret Mead, Lorengau, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, 1953.

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Anthropological field notes and reports, mostly handwritten.

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Anthropological field notes and reports.

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Handwritten anthropological field notes and reports.

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Handwritten anthropological field notes and reports.

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Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters. It is comprised of nineteen handwritten letters, twenty-one typescript letters and one incomplete letter. One of the typescript letters has attached a four leaf account of an event at Dinny Embury's [sic, should be Embery's] home. One letter started as a typescript but is mostly handwritten.

Some names mentioned in the letters include: Dinny Embery, Ada Beckett, Vincent Law, Mable Law and Charles Chavel (regarding his movie Heritage)

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Anthropological field notes and reports, mostly handwritten.

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Anthropological field notes and reports, mostly handwritten. Contains two typed papers; the first, four pages, is titled 'Role of the individual in the settlement'; the second, inconsistently paginated by hand, 33 leaves, is titled 'The Queensland reserve'.

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

Alice Weasal
Bruce Mather
Charlotte Costello
Eddie Gilbert
Irell Embrey [? spelling of first name], (father from Bribie)
Fred Embury
Freda Hegarty
Harriet Mummin (Kangalu)
Jack Beatty [? spelling of last name]
Bradley - Kangalu
May Hegarty
Sunny Sunflower

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