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Something in the blood [short story collection] (1979)

This series contains drafts, notes, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence. Something in the blood was published by University of Queensland Press (UQP) in 1979. Consisting of fifteen (15) short stories set in Papua New Guinea before its Independence. The short story Drowning was first published in the New Guinea Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, 1975-76. Some stories contain short passages in Pidgin. The stories deal with the themes of local customs, attitudes, acts of aggression, missionaries, loneliness, and racism. Includes drafts, cuttings of reviews from journals and magazine, scripts of radio plays adapted from the stories, and related correspondence.

White lies [novel] (1986)

This series contains drafts, notes, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence. While lies by Trevor Shearston was published by University of Queensland Press in 1986. It is set on a remote mission station in Papua New Guinea in the early 1970's and tells the story of the conflict between the powerful and primitive forces of the local Gewa sorcerer and healer, Sebo, and the missionary, Richard Wakely. Initial drafts of the novel were titled 'Black sheep', which Shearston also used to write a screenplay by the same name.

A straight young back [novel] (2000)

This series contains drafts, notes, photographs and research material. A straight young back is narrated in the first person by David Apps, a cadet government officer who arrives in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1963. Apps works for Hal Franklin, a District Commissioner. As the country moves towards self-government and independence, Apps is slowly corrupted by the power of ruling. Based on true story of the assassination in August 1971 of Jack Emanuel, District Commissioner. Emanuel was murdered deep in the the forest on a Rabaul plantation. The working titles for the novel were 'The old magic touch' and the 'Walk novel'.

New Guinea letters of John Green [radio documentary] (1984)

Featured over two broadcasts on ABC Radio 2 in 1984 was the radio documentary written by Trevor Shearston based on the letters from New Guinea of John Green to his family in Healesville in Victoria. Working titles included: The John Green Letters; Edge of the Empire : the New Guinea letters of John Green; and The John Green letters. John Green, fifth son of John and Mary Green, went to British New Guinea in 1892. In 1897 he was speared and then clubbed to death by Binandere people. During this four years in New Guinea John Green wrote more than 3200 pages of correspondence.

This series contains drafts, agreements and correspondence with ABC regarding scripts and production, and research material for the radio documentary feature.

Unpublished works

Volume bound with string, covers and tape on spine. Contains ten unpublished typescript poems and two essays. Written in Crows Nest, Queensland between 1937 and 1943 by an unidentified poet [possibly J. Tholan - signature indecipherable]. One poem "Jubiliee Greeting" is dedicated Father Edward Leo Hayes on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee, 24th November, 1943.

Realia

This series is comprised of realia given to Bruce Green from the University of Queensland.

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Silver champagne cooler engraved to "Mr Bruce Green University of Queensland Union 23rd October 1980".

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Box-framed University of Queensland presentation plate, signed Kenneth [last name indecipherable], 1980.

Item 5
Large silver serving platter. Engraving on back: Presented to Mr Bruce Green on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Queensland by Members of the Professorial Board. [1980]

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Timber door plaque with "Assistant Registrar Mr Green", 8 x 23 cm, undated.

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Timber plaque with arms of the University of Queensland, 18 x 15 cm, undated.

Item 8
One linen tea towel wit the arms of the University of Queensland and the Colleges within the University (St John's King's, Emmanuel, Cromwell, Women's Duchesne, and St Leo's), 52 x 79 cm. Some brown markings.

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Two Military Dog Tags for Bruce Green from World War Two.
Three military fabric patches from the United States.

University of Queensland

Media reports and articles

Newspaper cuttings, copies of newspaper articles, and journal articles about nuclear energy, nuclear weapons and the anti-nuclear movement

Heart of a Nation

Records of Heart of a Nation, the Gold Coast-based organisation founded and chaired by Bruce Whiteside to oppose Japanese investment and land ownership in Australia. The series includes a diary, correspondence, membership cards, publicity ephemera, material collected by Whiteside as part of his research on foreign investment and land ownership in Australia, and original pages of a petition against foreign ownership of Australian land.

The Pauline Hanson Support Movement

Records of The Pauline Hanson Support Movement, formed by Bruce Whiteside on the Gold Coast in 1996. The series includes minutes, correspondence, membership lists, speeches, public statements and publicity ephemera.

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