Album, 32 x 28 x 5 cm, of ninety-two (92) black and white photographs presented to William James Gall of the official trips by James Stopford. The photographs feature James Stopford and William James Gall, as well as others possibly during the period from 1923 to 1928. Stopford was Home Secretary in the Queensland Government from 1923 to 1929. Gall worked as under-secretary for home affairs and protector of Aborigines from 1913 until possibly 1926.

Includes photographs of: Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement (now Cherbourg); Yhurri Gurri ceremonial arch at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement, 3-May-1928; Cherbourg Hospital; Cobbo Williams play acting with Mr Stopford at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement ca. 1925; a resident of Barambah giving a speech to welcome the members of the parliamentary party at the opening of the Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls (The bandsmen, left to right, are Eddie Gilbert, Freddy Martin and Jimmy Dodd); the G-AUER air plane, called Hermes; photographs of a mine; and many unidentified Aboriginal and Torres Straits islander peoples.

Only the last six photographs have notations indicating that the photographs were taken by/belonged to E.W. Dabelstein. The album has the title embossed on the cover with the photographs pasted, generally two per page, onto the leaves which are made of green mid-weight card. There are some panorama photographs which have been folded to fit in the album.

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Personal and professional papers of Caroline Kelly, including correspondence; financial and legal papers; unpublished poetry and stories; theatre records and publications; anthropology field notes, reports and articles; photographs and newspaper cuttings.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

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).

Correspondence. Includes an undated handwritten statement signed by Lenard Law, possibly writing as an amanuensis. The statement is written in the first-person and contains biographical details of an Aboriginal person confined against his/her wishes at the Cherbourg settlement.
Correspondents include Wilfred Wragge, Maidie Ross (Restricted), Arthur Cobba Simson, Doris Crawford, W. Porteus Semple (Superintendent Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement), Leslie Wilson (Governor of Queensland), and Tom Blackman.

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Transcript of interviews by Linda McBride-Levi with Hazel Mac, Ruth Hegarty and Moira Gegarty on 9 April 1988. The interviewees share personal recollections of life on Cherbourg Mission.

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.