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Item Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
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Letter, 1928 Nov. 10 : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan.

  • F1519
  • Item
  • 1928

Handwritten reply to Phoebe Kirwan's suggestion that Daisy Bates write about Aboriginal people for the Brisbane Telegraph.
Includes references to cannibalism.

Bates, Daisy, 1861-1951

Letter, 1928 Dec. 12 : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan.

  • F1520
  • Item
  • 1928

Handwritten letter includes discussion about murders by Aboriginal people, some anecdotes about Aboriginal people at Ooldea and New Norcia Benedictine Mission, and general observations about the social conditions of Aboriginal people at the time.
Refers to a possible article by Daisy Bates for the Brisbane Telegraph.

Bates, Daisy, 1861-1951

Cultural development report submitted by J.S. Baker to the Federal Conference of the F.C.A.A. & T.S.I. Melbourne, (196?) 3 p.

Report submitted by J. S. Baker to the Federal Conference of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders on the rapid destruction and lack of respect and interest in the culture of Aboriginal Australians.

Council for Aboriginal Rights (Victoria)

The Mika or Kulpi operation of the Australian Aboriginals

  • F3658
  • Item
  • 1896

"Read before the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, June 3, 1896." Note on cover: 'Information on the same subject from two other sources'.
Last page entitled 'Mika or Kulpi' includes extracts from 'Psychology of Sex' by Havelock Ellis (1917) and 'Strange Sexual Customs' by Professor Paulo Montegazza (1932).

Stuart, Thomas Peter Anderson, Sir., 1856-1920

A sermon by the Rev. Dr. J. G. Steele, preached at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday 6 September 1981

  • F1936
  • Item
  • 1981

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.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Steele, John Gladstone

A sermon by the Rev. J. G. Steele, preached at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday 20 September 1981

  • F1937
  • Item
  • 1981

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

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Steele, John Gladstone