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Title
Date(s)
- 1869-2002. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes, 1 large folder.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Box 1 (folders 1-5) and large Folder 3 previously catalogued at F2435.
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1869-2002
Collection alternatively titled as: Bill Thorpe Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Research material (including notes and photocopied archival material) and correspondence relating to Deebing Creek and Purga Aboriginal Missions. Includes transcripts of interviews, photocopies of Queensland Department of Public Instruction records, material for history thesis, and files of Deebing Creek Cultural Committee relating to the Committee's efforts to have part of original Deebing Creek Mission made an Aboriginal reserve. Also includes letters from Frances Wright, and maps. Much of the material was used for Bill Thorpe's book, 'Remembering the forgotten : a history of the Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission in Queensland 1887-1915'. Includes typescript and CD copies of Thorpe's thesis, 'Archibald Meston and the Aborigines'.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- 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
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Thorpe B (2002) ‘Remembering Reserves: The Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission and Cemetery in Aboriginal History and Memory’, Queensland review (St. Lucia), 9(2):95–113, doi:10.1017/S1321816600002993.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
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Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Deebing Creek Mission (Qld.) (Subject)
- Purga Mission (Qld.) (Subject)
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Status
Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 2-Jun-2023. Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.