Old Brookdale and other Garrwa, Waanyi and Ganggalidda men talk about kinship terms and discuss the last initiation ceremony held at Doomadgee, recorded at Doomadgee; Old Brookdale sings a sandalwood song; oral history interview with Archie Rockland, including a discussion of sites between Corinda and the Northern Territory, recorded along the Nicholson River Road.

The audiocassette case insert contains the following handwritten summary:
Side 1:
'Old Dick Brookdale - (plus mob of mainly old people) sitting under shade tree out back of D Mission [Doomadgee Mission] - singing songs'.
Side 2:
'Archie Rockland : beginnings of 1st trip out to his F's Country, 17 & 18/5/78; historical data and ethnobotanical data'.
An extra note:
'Some preliminary data on sites that are Waanyi owned'.

Lizzy Daylight discusses the movement of people into Burketown, people affiliated with Dugudari camp and names from Escott westward, recorded at Burketown; Johnny Watson sings a song from a trip to Mt Garnet, recorded at Doomadgee; Archie Rockland talks about Garrwa avoidance vocabulary, Doomadgee.

The audiocassette case insert contains the following handwritten summary:
'Good original'.

Garrwa song composed and performed by Johnny Watson, Doomadgee; Big Arthur and others, including Johnny Watson and Browny Bob, discuss the brolga dance, appearance of dead person, devils and other matters, recorded at Wollogorang camp; Jerry Brown [Jerry Brown Rrawajinda?] and Dinny [Denny?] singing at Borroloola; Nimo Nero (Ganggalidda) talks about missionaries and grog issues, recorded at Doomadgee.

The audiocassette case insert contains the following handwritten summary:
Side 1:
'7 kids present early morning in the caravan, a record of the conversation; Watson singing the song he made up on the "dancing"[?] trip; then Big A and others on the night coming back from B'la [Borroloola?]'.
Side 2:
'Dinny's camp, Borroloola - some brief conversation and brief singing of the accompaniment to woman "devil" dance - Jerry Brown, the singer; Nimo Nero on historical data about dormitory system, etc.'.

Billy Joe singing songs from his country.

The reel-to-reel case insert contains the following handwritten summary:
'Billy Joe singing "gudjiga"; "nijuwunya"; "dibil" (devil); at his country (some commentary by him) - song belong to his "bally country" - i.e. (F, F F's country)'.

Buffalo songs performed by Johnny Watson with translation and explanation in English; sandalwood songs performed by Dick Brookdale, translated from Ganggalidda to English by Emily Ned; oral history interview in English with Emily Ned; a large group of men, including Johnny Watson, Billy Joe, Tommy Dot [Dodd?] and Redbank, practicing initiation songs; continued onto Field tape 3R.

The reel-to-reel case insert contains the following handwritten summary:
'Many men present, Watson organised Billy Joe, Tommy Dot and Redbank lead [indecipherable] / speech change to 19, after a while - lead up part before any dancing ("shake-a-log"?) starts'.