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Correspondence

Correspondence, comprising 9 letters and 1 telegram; mostly written to Kath Walker; 1976 to 1979 and undated.

Aborigines Gang Work Book

Transcribed handwritten copy of entries into the 'Aborigines Gang Work Book from Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, Benevelont [sic] Asylum for the Aged and Infirm, 1934'. Date of transcribing unknow; and transcriber unknown, but possibly Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Diary entries are from 18 Jun 1934 to 30 Jun 1934; E. Ruska is listed as the foreman; entries include information about the time the gang signed on and off and work conducted at the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum. Written in a Dux exercise note book

Talks for the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders : Catholic Council Field Trip

Photocopied typescript of a series of introductory talks on archaeology in Queensland; includes information on types of site, artefacts and the use of ethnography; broken into eight talks (of which talks number 4 and 8 are missing):

Talk 1: Archaeology Branch. 3 leaves.
Talk 2: Relics in South-East Queensland. 5 leaves.
Talk 3: Ethnography of the south-east coast of Queensland : with special reference to Brisbane and district. 7 leaves.
Talk 5: The importance of artefacts. 3 leaves.
Talk 6: Bora Grounds. 4 leaves.
Talk 7: Middens. 5 leaves.

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 peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that 'Talk 6: Bora Grounds' contains sensitive Mens Business and details of initiation ceremony.

Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement, Archaeological Branch

Aboriginal and his medicine chest

Photocopy of draft of the paper The Aboriginal and his medicine chest written by FS Colliver, 20 pages, which includes two pages of bibliographic references that are referred to within the article. The article was published in 1972 in the Anthropological Society of Queensland Newsletter, no. 44, and Archaeology papers (3) 1-18. It includes quotes various authors on medicine mans powers & functions (Gippsland, Coast Murring), training (Murring, lower Lachlan River, Murray River, New England), remedies for sickness, Walbiri doctors & attitudes to them, circumcision as operation, post operative; treatment (Daly River), treatment of wounds, fractures (Gulf country, Port Keats), diseases listed with remedies given (taken mainly from Roth), use of pituri as stimulant, list of plants with scientific & popular names.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource contains ceremonial and initation information, in particular Men's Business. This resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Colliver, F. S., 1908-1991

Oodgeroo Noonuccal Papers

  • UQFL84
  • Collection
  • 1916-1985

This collection contains poetry, prose, speeches, and reports; correspondence; photographs, newspaper cuttings; press releases; invitations; programmes; research material; and plans.

Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1920-1993

Access copy of 'Recollections of Thomas Davis' collected by Steele Rudd.

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.

Davis, Thomas, 1828-1904

'Recollections of Thomas Davis' collected by Steele Rudd.

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.

Davis, Thomas, 1828-1904

Bell Family Papers

  • UQFL79
  • Collection
  • ca.1845-ca. 2019

Photographs, correspondence, diaries, journals, newspaper cuttings, personal papers relating to the Bell Family, Jimbour Station, various Bell Family properties, Jimbour House, and its occupants.

Bell Family

Richard Buchhorn Papers

  • UQFL663
  • Collection
  • ca. 1960-ca. 2008

Twenty-five subject files relating to social justice campaigns. Each file may contain correspondence, clippings, copies of articles, and ephemera.

Buchhorn, Richard, 1932-2022

University of Queensland academic work

Harry Throssell worked for the University of Queensland as a Lecturer in Social Work from 1966 to 1974. This file includes: a letter signed by Harold Throssell, Elizabeth Timms, and Laurie Hayes of the Select Committee on Deserted Wives to the President and Members of the Executive Committee of the Council of Social Services of Queensland, 12 Apr 1967; a carbon copy typescript of the Select Committee on Deserted Wives report with handwritten emendations, April 1967; ‘Deserted wives in Queensland’, 1967’; two poems by Clare Dunne; double-sided leaflet 'A Call for action at the University of Queensland' (regarding the state of emergency declared by the Queensland Government related to the Springbok tour in 1971 with the names of university staff (over 200 staff supported militant action), ending with it will be issued to the workers' rally at 9.30am and at 1pm the students and staff will march from St. Lucia), 1971; copy of a conference proceedings from "Seminar on Family Social Services', 1967?; pamphlet 'Strategy for left action' by Dan O'Neill, 1969; report by Edna Chamberlain, Roisin Hirschfeld and Jill Brown 'Some problems associated with research among urban Aboriginals', July 1973; List by publications by H. Throssell, 1969.

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