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Papers relating to overseas trip to Malaysia

Kath Walker was the Australian delegate at the International Writers' Conference (Hari Sasra) in Malaysia, 1974. This file includes:
correspondence between Department of Foreign Affairs and Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur; newspaper cuttings, 'Report of the Malaysian visit' by Kath Walker (August 1974), menu, 'Welcome' booklet for the conference (with annotations), certificate (of attendance), and invitations. It also includes two exhibition catalogues (one inscribed) and a book of poems (inscribed). Some material is in Malay.

Radio broadcast organisations

This file includes letters from organisations and individuals asking Oodgeroo Noonuccal to appear in programs, provide content, be interviewed, and give permissions to use her literary works for radio productions. Correspondents include: Radio 4EB, Radio 2EA.

Teachers, school children and students, 1980 to 1985

This file contains letters to Kath Walker from school children, teachers and university students. Some letters by Kath Walker to school children and teachers are included. Many are letters from children thanking her for visiting their school and sharing her stories. Correspondents are teachers and students from various schools including: Bremer State High School, Woondall Heights State Primary School (Wynnum, Qld.), and Dunwich State School (Dunwich, Qld.).

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters

Correspondence, reports, ephemera, and articles have been collected around the areas of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters: culture and cultural events; education; politics; rights; welfare; and SEMP (Social Education Materials Project).

Ephemeral material, partial articles and reports, photocopied material, and newspaper cuttings held in the Culture and cultural folder include:

  • Photocopied typescript of the lecture given by HC Coombs, Aboriginal Australians 1967-1976 : a decade of progress?, at the third Walter Murdoch Lecture delivered at Murdoch University on 19 October 1976, 27 leaves; with a with compliments slip from HC Coombs attached.
  • Photocopied typescript 'Summarized statement of Tuntable Organization and rule', 1978, 2 pages.
  • Report on the Wandjina Appeal, photocopied typescript, 2 leaves, undated.
  • Advertisement for a Course for Aboriginal and Islander Organisations by the North Stradbroke Island Aboriginal and Islander Housing Co-operatiave Society, 1980, 1 typescript leaf.
  • Stradbroke Island Mangement Organisation flyer, 1980.
  • Notice for a meeting of the Aranarawai Company, 1978, 1 photocopied typescript leaf.
  • Facismile copy, incomplete, of Good contacts, with the stamp of the Queensland Aboriginal Affairs Head Office on front cover, 1979.
  • Agenda for the Annual Sporting Organisations Meeting, typescript, 1979, 1 leaf.
  • Report on the Long Island Project, photocopied, 3 leaves, undated.
  • Victorian Aboriginal Health and Dental Clinic flyer, 2 pages, 1978?
  • Flyer for Aboriginal Studies : Aborigines Woomera, approved by the Depart of Education and the Catholic Office of Education, 1 leaf, 1977.
  • Blank petition form to support the New South Wales Aboriginal Sites Survey, 1 leaf, 1977.
  • Flyer by the Dampier and District Recreation Association invitation to the 1971 Commonwealth Literary Fund Tour conducted by Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) and Ian Mudie, 1 leaf, 1971.
  • Invitation to the Yeti Theatre and Aboriginal and Islanders Tribal Dancing, flyer, 1 leaf, 1976?
  • Brochure: 'How to apply for a grant from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs', undated.
  • Blank housing loan application for the Aboriginal Loans Commission, undated.
  • Flyer by Ian Hamilton for the 'The Brisbane Line : a ritual trance-walk', 2 pages, 22 Dec 1980.
  • Brochure: Trachoma from the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program, 2 pages, undated.
  • Brochure: The deed of grant in trust : land tenure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland from the Queensland Government, 2 pages, undated.
  • Photocopy of at three papers by KS Strehlow: 'Aboriginal land rights' (undated), 'Strehlow aboriginal research foundation' (dated 1977), and 'Strehlow and Central Australia' (undated).

Publications by authors: D to H

Publications:
Drake-Brockman, H 1959, West coast stories : an anthology, Angus and Robertson, Sydney. [Signed by members of the Western Australian Section of the Fellowship of Australian Writers]

Dutton, G 1976, Australian verse from 1805 : a continuum, Rigby, Adelaide. [Inscribed to Kath and Bill]

Ebony, 1966, Johnson Pub. Co, Chicago. [Handwritten note on cover ‘see page 96’]

Eisenberg, WD 1972, Forever is not long, Centro Studi e Scambi Internazionali, Rome. [Inscribed by William D. Wisenberg, 17 Nov 1978]

Elkin, AP 1944, Citizenship for the aborigines : a national aboriginal policy, Australasian Publishing Co., Sydney.

Engel, FG 1965, The land rights of Australian Aborigines, Gowans, Greenacre, N.S.W.

Engel, FG 1968, Turning land into hope : towards a new Aboriginal policy for Australia, Australian Council of Churches' Division of Mission, Abschol, and the F.C.A.A.T.S.I., Sydney.

Enos, A 1971, High water : poems, Papua Pocket Poets, Port Moresby. [Inscribed by author, 23 Sep 1973]

Erikson, H 1964, The rhythm of the shoe, Jacaranda Press, Brisbane. [Inscribed by author, May 1964]

Fogarty, LG 1970, Kargun, Cheryl Buchanan, North Brisbane, Q. [Signed by author]

Fowler, MM 1967, Land of the rainbow gold : poetry for young Australians, Nelson, Melbourne. [Signed by Kath Walker. Includes a handwritten poem ‘Bluff Mountain’ on inside cover]

Fox, L 1978, Gumleaves and dreaming, Len Fox, Potts Point, N.S.W. [Inscribed by author]

Foxcroft, EJB 1941, Australian native policy : its history especially in Victoria, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. [Handwritten annotations in pencil at back of book]

French, D 1970, To Queensland in 1867! : an account, true and human, of a young English girl who made Queensland her adopted country, s.n., S.l. [Signed by author, Jul 1981]

Gribble, ERB 1930, Forty years with the Aborigines, Angus and Robertson, Sydney. [Includes taped in photographs, newspaper cuttings, and inscription ‘To Olga from Hector’, and leaflet ‘Welcome to S. George’s Church of England Palm Island’]

Gurindji Campaign, G 1971, Gurindji Campaign newsletter, The Campaign, Paddington, N.S.W.

Hall, R 1967, Eyewitness : poems, South Head Press, Sydney. [Inscribed by author]

Hall, VC 1968, Sister Ruth, Spearman, London. [Inscribed by author, 24 Oct 1969]

Play, radio and film scripts

This folder contains:
2 play scripts. -- 'Manhunt' (handwritten in a notebook, dated 1968) and 'The play that never was' (cover title), 'Patience required for the problemental pass' (title on contents page) (stapled typescript booklet);
1 script for a radio program titled 'An Aboriginal Legend' which was part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Queensland Branch) series 'Grade 3 Social Studies' aired on 6 Apr 1973;
1 script for a film broadcast of 'Stradbroke dreamtime' starring Kath Walker, produced by Val Hartigan - includes a shooting schedule, timings and footage estimates (13 leaves; handwritten annotations);
1 [radio] script titled 'Kath Walker : Story teller' (which includes the story 'Biami and Bunyip);

Invitations, Requests to speak, Appearances, 1981 to 1985

This file includes correspondence from community and educational organisations requesting Kath Walker to participate in events and readings from 1981 to 1985 as well as undated. Included are also invitations to events such as dinners, festivals, ceremonies, exhibitions, official functions, concerts, weddings and other social functions.

Literary organisations

Letters from various Literary organisations including The Australian Society of Authors; Children's Book Council of Australia; Commonwealth Writers' Week; South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (SPACLALS).

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