Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1967-1989. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
93 boxes, 4 parcels.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Emeritus Professor Bruce Rigsby was a Professor of Anthropology in the School of Social Science, University of Queensland. Rigsby is an American-Australian anthropologist specializing in the languages and ethnography of native peoples on both continents. He was a member of the Australian Anthropological Society and the American Anthropological Association. He died on 19 March 2022.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1967-1989.
Collection alternatively titled as: Bruce Rigsby Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to the Relics Advisory Committee within the Queensland Ministry for Aboriginal and Island Affairs and later within the Archaeology Branch of the Department of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement. The papers contain correspondence, reports, newspaper cuttings and journal articles relevant to the Committee's decisions under the Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1967-1976. In addition the collection includes: notebooks, recordings, videos and photographs related to his linguistic and ethnographic works in Queensland; and papers relating to research, teaching, administrations and applied work (especially native title)..
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access except for restricted access to: Box 37, Box 38, two recordings from Box 39, Box 41, Box 42, Box 43 Item 8, 27 recordings relating to land claims in Box 44, some cassettes in Box 45, Box 50 Folder 2, Box 51 Folder 2, Box 57 Folders 2-3, Box 59 Folder 4, Box 59 Folder 6, Boxes 60 to 64, Box 65 Folders 1-9, Box 65 Folders 11-12, Box 66-68, Box 69 Folders 1-11, Box 69 Folders 13-15, Box 70-93.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies. Contact the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- Australian Language
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, voices or names of persons now deceased. Information may be culturally sensitive for some individuals and communities.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Antiquities
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Queensland
- Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal) -- Queensland -- Relics
- Injinoo Ikya language Y238
- Kaanju / Kaantju language Y44
- Mabuyag language Y239
- Aboriginal Australians
- Torres Strait Islanders
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Languages
- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 10-May-2023. Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022. Revised, Linda Justo, 16-Nov-2022. Revised, Linda Justo, 26-Oct-2022. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.