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In different periods of her life Caroline Kelly was also known as Caroline Watson, Caroline Tennant-Watson, Caroline Tennant, Carrie Tennant or Caroline Tennant Kelly. To avoid confusion Kelly is used throughout this collection description. It was her legal name from 1929 and her preferred public name from 1937.
Emily Caroline Watson was born in Manchester in 1899, she moved to Australia in the 1920s and became involved in the theatre, first in Brisbane and then in Sydney. During this time, she used her mother's maiden name and was known as Carrie Tennant. In 1929, Caroline married Francis Kelly and took his surname. She founded the Community Playhouse, the first theatre in New South Wales devoted to producing Australian drama, in 1929, followed by the Play Society in 1931. She edited *The Community Magazine: Official Magazine of the Community Play-house* from 1930 to 1931. In the 1930s she enrolled in a Diploma in Anthropology at the University of Sydney and went on to conduct anthropological fieldwork in Aboriginal communities at Fraser Island and Cherbourg in Queensland and at Burnt Bridge in New South Wales. During the Second World War she began a major survey of non-British settlement in Australia for the Commonwealth Government, a project that continued until the late 1940s. Towards the end of her working life, she served as a consulting anthropologist to the State Planning Authority of New South Wales. Caroline Kelly died on 1 September 1989 in Kyogle.
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Personal and professional papers of Caroline Kelly, including correspondence; financial and legal papers; unpublished poetry and stories; theatre records and publications; anthropology field notes, reports and articles; photographs and newspaper cuttings.
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Arranged into seven series:
Series A - Correspondence.
Series B - Financial and legal papers.
Series C - Other personal papers.
Series D - Theatre papers.
Series E - Anthropology papers.
Series F - Newspaper cuttings.
Series G - Photographs.
Deposited by University of Queensland anthropology graduate students, Kim de Rijke and Anthony Jefferies. Donated by James Kelly.
When Caroline Kelly died in 1989 in northern New South Wales, her personal papers passed into the hands of her friends Grahame and Stephanie Gooding, who recognised their potential value as historical records and carefully preserved them until 2010. In that year, Kim de Rijke and Anthony Jefferies, two postgraduate students in anthropology at the University of Queensland who were researching Caroline Kelly and her work, advertised in local NSW newspapers seeking anyone who might have known her or have records pertaining to her work. The Goodings responded to their advertisement and gave the papers into their custody. The two postgraduate students contacted James Kelly, Caroline Kelly's son, and told him of the discovery of the papers, of whose existence he was previously unaware. He agreed that the papers should be donated to Fryer Library, which holds an earlier collection of his mother's papers dealing with her theatrical career in Sydney (see UQFL52). Fryer Library is grateful to all three parties involved for allowing this unique and historically important collection to be added to its holdings.
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1909-1987
Collection alternatively titled as: Caroline Kelly Collection
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For material related to Caroline Kelly's theatrical work, see the Carrie Tennant Papers, UQFL52
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A published guide, as a CD-ROM, to the anthropological material held in this collection was compiled by the University of Queensland Anthropology School prior to donation to Fryer Library:
Kelly, Caroline; Trigger, David S., et al. (2011). _The Caroline Tennant-Kelly ethnographic collection : fieldwork accounts of Aboriginal culture in the 1930s_. University of Queensland, Brisbane.
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Personal and professional correspondence.
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American anthropologist Margaret Mead was born in Philidelphia in 1901. She was a prolific author and public speaker, best known for her work on people of the Pacific, in particular her first book _Coming of age in Samoa_ (1928). She was a correspondent of Australian anthropologist Caroline Tennant-Kelly
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Letters to Caroline Kelly from Margaret Mead.
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Professor of physics at the University of Sydney.
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-- Letter to Caroline Kelly from Oscar Vonwiller, 26 Aug 1935
-- Letters to Oscar Vonwiller from Caroline Kelly, 1965-1974
-- Letters to Oscar Vonwiller from Walter Stubbs, 1969-1972
-- Statement by Oscar Vonwiller concerning his business affairs and last will and testament, 1 Sep 1941
-- Last will and Testament of Oscar Vonwiller, unsigned, 7 Sep 1966
-- Photograph of Oscar Vonwiller
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Correspondents include: Bert Kay, V.N. Thompson, Kelly’s father Robert Watson, and her future husband (Francis Angelo) Timothy Kelly.
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Correspondents include: Margery Browne, V.N. Thompson, Miriam Ogden, Alfred Buchanan, and Timothy Kelly.
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-- letter to Sydney Morning Herald from Caroline Kelly, 1 Nov 1934.
-- questionnaires concerning the welfare of Aborigines, sent by the Feminist Club of New South Wales to State parliamentary candidates, and letters of reply from some candidates, 1938.
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Letters to Caroline Kelly, mostly from Timothy Kelly.
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Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters.
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
? Semples [first name not provided]
McDonald [first name not provided]
Miss Dight
Mrs Ballads
Mr Bulls
? McCaffrey [first name not provided]
? McCarthy [first name not provided]
? McDonald [first name not provided]
? Mitchell [first name not provided]
Ada Beckett
Bill Dupain
Bill Robertson
Duchess
Dolly Button
Dorothy Colley
Eddie Gilbert
Frank Bell
Fred Darby
Jack Dalight
Jack Oliver
Josephine Concannon
M. Alban
Maria Dawson
Tommy Isles
Tim ? (adopted CTK) [last name not provided]
Viv Thompson
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Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters.
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Born 27 March 1891 at West Maitland, New South Wales. He was an Anglican clergyman and professor of anthropology. He died 9 July 1979.
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Letters between Caroline Kelly and Professor A.P. Elkin, from an original folder labelled Kempsey (NSW) and listing Macksville, Tilba Tilba and Wallaga Lake.
Letter of introduction for Caroline Kelly from the Secretary, Office of Board for Protection of Aborigines, 22 Apr 1936.
Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
Miss Andrews
?? Bairds
Mrs Carter
?? Chapman
Mrs ?? Geddes
Mrs ?? Hough
Miss ?? Pearce
Mr ?? Watkin
Dolly Button
Dorothy Bull
Duchess
Eric Rasden
Ethel Gabriel
Frank Summerville
Lizzie (Sandy or Brown?)
Jocie Duhig
Mr and Mrs Jacobs (mission manager and wife?)
Madam von Willer
Young Glover
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Correspondence between Caroline Kelly, the Acting Registrar, University of Sydney, and W.H. Maze, Secretary, University of Sydney Research Committee.
Letters and telegrams to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.
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Kelly conducted research into immigration settlement in Victoria. Letters of introduction for Caroline Kelly from Professor A.P. Elkin, and A.R. Peters, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Immigration. Letter to Caroline Kelly from T.H.E. Heyes, Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Immigration, 8 Jan 1948.
Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.
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Correspondence, 1945 - 1948, written while Kelly was conducting research into immigration settlement in Victoria. Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.
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Letter of introduction for Caroline Kelly from L. Edwards, Director-General of the Queensland Department of Public Instruction, 23 May 1946.
Letter to Caroline Kelly from [?], Commonwealth Investigation Branch, 20 Jun 1946.
Letters and telegrams to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.
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Correspondence, 1946 - 1948, written while Kelly was conducting research into immigration settlement in Queensland. Letters and telegrams to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly.
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Box 3 Folder 1
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Letters, telegrams and cards to Caroline Kelly.
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Correspondents include: Caroline Kelly, E.C. Murray (Folk Lore Association of NSW), A.P. Elkin, L.F. Crisp (Australian National University), Timothy Kelly. Most of this correspondence deals with Kelly’s applications for research fellowships.
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Correspondents include: Caroline Kelly, A.P. Elkin, Clarice McNamara, Gwen Daley (The New Education Fellowship), E.M. Higgins, Professor S.F. Nadel (Australian National University), and A. Fabinyi (F.W. Cheshire Pty Ltd).
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Correspondents include: Harry R. Bailey, D.P. Tarrant, F.W. Clark and Desiree Fallon.
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Correspondents include: Caroline Kelly, Timothy Kelly and Kelly’s father, Robert Watson.
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Arranged into files mostly chronologically.
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Title deeds to one acre of land in the Parish of Vernon, Town of Polson, Queensland, 1870 - 1933.
Schedule to last will and testament of un-named person, nd.
Indenture concerning the bankruptcy and disposal of assets of the late Robert Watson, 20 Sep 1935.
Copy of a declaration of change of name from James Anthony Morgan to James Anthony Kelly, 7 Oct 1955.
Memorandum of contract and associated deed for loan of £1500 to Caroline Emelie Kelly and Francis Timothy Kelly, 24 May 1958 (2 copies).
Contract for sale of land by Francis Timothy Angelo Kelly and Caroline Emelie Kelly to Escarpment Development Pty Ltd, Jul 1961.
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Financial and legal papers from the 1930s to the 1970s and undated.
Arranged into files by decade, final folder contains undated documents.
Box 4
Folder 2. Financial and legal papers, 1930s.
Folder 3. Financial and legal papers, 1940s.
Folder 4. Financial and legal papers, 1950s.
Folder 5. Financial and legal papers, 1960s.
Folder 6. Financial and legal papers, 1970s.
Folder 7. Financial and legal papers, undated.
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Contains entries on share transactions and loose-leaf receipts.
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Box 5 Folders 1-8
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Miscellaneous personal items of Caroline Kelly and Timothy Kelly.
Folder 1: personal items including:
-- Gardening diary, 1964-1971
-- Address and telephone directory, nd
-- Timothy Kelly's wallet
-- Notebook containing newspaper cuttings, notes, and loose-leaf handwritten poems
-- Number puzzle in plastic sheath
-- Envelope addressed to Carrie Tennant Watson containing dried plant matter, 1926
Folder 2: personal items including:
-- Foolscap sheet signed by guests at the wedding of Caroline and Timothy Kelly, 23 Jan 1929
-- Handwritten manuscript, 'Petition to Saint Christopher, Presented by all the Friends of the Finns', nd
-- Certificate confirming Caroline E. Kelly completed a W.A.N. Aid course under the auspices of the Social Workers' Association of NSW, 6 Sep 1940
-- Other miscellaneous personal documents
Folder 3: A map, travel guides, Brisbane-Perth train timetable, brochure commemorating papal visit to Holy Name Cathedral 1979 (2 copies), brochure on poliomyelitis, copy of Australian Focus Monthly for March 1947 containing an article on Kelly, election manifesto of W.A. Dowe, other miscellaneous pamphlets, an author-inscribed copy of Landing in the Dawn by John Sandes and a second copy inscribed by 'the Pole'.
Folder 4: 10 travelogues, handwritten by Caroline Kelly. Four of the accounts are titled 'Family Bulletin' and were written in 1947.
One account, titled 'Entering England', is dated 30 July 1948.
Folder 5: Handwritten and typed manuscripts:
-- Stories, articles and poems by Caroline Kelly, nd
-- Poems by Timothy Kelly, some written under the name 'Timotheus', 1930s-1940s
-- Poems by Peg Bracken, Rose Fyleman, P.R. Chalmers, Crosbie Garstin, R.H. Roberts, E. Farjeon, Suzi Villers, Carol Haynes and Marion Francis Brown, 1920s-1960s
Folder 6: Copy of a manuscript by Francis T. Kelly: 'Something to Sleep On: Twenty Essays to a Total of 12,000 Words', nd
Folder 7: Multiple copies of:
-- Blank personalised greetings cards by Timothy and Caroline, most from 1946 and 1952, one from 1935
-- Bookplate of Timothy Kelly
Folder 8: Published articles by Professor Oscar Vonwiller, 1913 - 1945; by D.J.K. O’Connell, supplement to _The Australian Teacher_, vol 38, no 1
Loose items:
-- Fountain pen
-- _The Book of Common Prayer…_, with the inscription 'S.A. Phillips, Currichill, Wimbledon, London, April 6th 1901'
-- _Treasure of the Sanctuary_
-- Francis P. LeBuffe, _My Changeless Friend_
-- Rev J.M. Lelen, _Pray the Rosary_
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Items relating to Kelly's career in theatre.
Item 1: 1931 Woods' diary containing newspaper cuttings on theatre with particular reference to Caroline Kelly, then known as Carrie Tennant.
Item 2: Plaque on the topic of 'specialisation', originally framed.
Item 3: Pillowcase.
Item 4: Framed certificate from Trinity College of Music (London), issued to Carrie Watson for passing music theory, junior division, with honours, Dec 1913.
Item 4: Copy of _The Theatre, Society, and Home_, 1 January 1926, featuring a photograph of and reference to Carrie Tennant.
Folder 1: Newspaper cutting on theatre, 1929; Manuscript of untitled handwritten playscript, author unknown, undated; Manuscript of article, ‘George Barrington and the First Australian Theatre’, author unknown, undated; flyer for School of Arts, West End, Grad Benefit Concert, 19 Jul 1922; flyer for Burdekin House Little Theatre presentation of 'A Christmas Miracle Play', from 16 to 23 Dec 1925; Programme for Her Majesty's Theatre with Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson, Grand Opera, undated.
Folder 2 : Theatre programs - Burdekin House Little Theatre 'Second Seaon, from 15 to 20 Mar, undated; Miss Carrie Tennant presents 'A series of one-act Australian plays at Burdekin House Little Theatre', undated; "The understudies" present a programme of modern one-act plays at The Aeolian Hall, 26 to 27 Jul, undated (2 different copies); Carrie Tennant presents at the Community Play House a programme of The First Season, 1929 to 1930 (2 copies, one signed). Playscript (3 copies), 'A Disturber of Pools' by Furnley Maurice, published in The Triad, 1 Oct 1926.
Folder 3: Records of the Wine and Food Society of New South Wales, 1954-1957.
Folder 4: Seven pencil sketches of dogs and cats.
Folder 5: Twelve cardboard posters promoting productions at the Community Playhouse, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
For further material related to Caroline Kelly's theatrical work, see the Carrie Tennant Papers, UQFL52.
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Anthropological field notes and reports, correspondence, research files.
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For Files 1-17 and 19-20, file names are transcribed from original filing system imposed by the creator.
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Box 7 Folder 1
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Anthropological field notes and reports.
1 notebook and 1 typed report.
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file at Barambah:
Bob Simpson (Barambah)
Happy (Namboor)
George Lane (Nambunnu)
Frank Simpson (Nephew to Bob) (Yonguarboomi)
Leddie Brown (Wakanulli)
Kenny Simpson (Turrbumma)
Mrs Ada Beckett (Narrkul)
Isaac Owen (Brother to Mrs Ross)
Willie Owen (Brother to Mrs Ross)
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file at Uranga:
Jack Noble (Gawongowau)
Willy Wandunna [spelling uncertain, may be Wandana]
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Anthropological field notes, reports, correspondence and draft papers relating to various aspects of Kelly’s field work in Queensland Aboriginal communities.
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file.
? Brown [first name not provided]
Mr Perkins
Bob Eubbard / Bob Hubbard
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Anthropological field notes and reports.
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Conlon Family
Mrs Conlon and sons Percy Conlon, Arthur Conlon, George Conlon, Bill Conlon and daughter Winnie Conlon
Coumbo Family
Annie Coumbo, Venus Coumbo, Jack Coumbo, Jean Coumbo and Bertie Coumbo
Mrs Hopkins (sister of Jack)
Bob Eubbard / Hubbard [spelling uncertain]
Cerra Anderson
Elsie Goodchap (Wife of Wily)
Harry Willis
Jack Anderson
Maudie Bligh (wife of Martin B) and children; Mavis Bligh, Fred Bligh and Percy Bligh
Tommy Conlon
Tommy Norley
Topsy Norley
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Anthropological field notes, reports and correspondence.
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Anthropological field notes and reports.
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Anthropological field notes and reports, original folder titled 'Nagas' written in pencil and below that, in pen, 'Kinship 1.0.C by Camilla Wedgwood'. It contains a typescript paper by Camilla Wedgwood, with handwritten emendations; the title on page one is 'The English kinship system'; there are 100 pages of typescript and one page in pen and pencil with 'Genealogy illustrating the use of English kinship terms and the multiple relationships arising from the marriage of first cousins'. Wedgwood published an article in *Encyclopaedia Britannica* in 1929 titled 'Cousin marriage'.
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Box 7 Folder 11
Emily Caroline Watson was born in Manchester in 1899, she moved to Australia in the 1920s and became involved in the theatre, first in Brisbane and then in Sydney. During this time, she used her mother's maiden name and was known as Carrie Tennant. In 1929, Caroline married Francis Kelly and took his surname. She founded the Community Playhouse, the first theatre in New South Wales devoted to producing Australian drama, in 1929, followed by the Play Society in 1931. She edited *The Community Magazine: Official Magazine of the Community Play-house* from 1930 to 1931. In the 1930s she enrolled in a Diploma in Anthropology at the University of Sydney and went on to conduct anthropological fieldwork in Aboriginal communities at Fraser Island and Cherbourg in Queensland and at Burnt Bridge in New South Wales. During the Second World War she began a major survey of non-British settlement in Australia for the Commonwealth Government, a project that continued until the late 1940s. Towards the end of her working life, she served as a consulting anthropologist to the State Planning Authority of New South Wales. Caroline Kelly died on 1 September 1989 in Kyogle.
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Box 7 Folder 17
Emily Caroline Watson was born in Manchester in 1899, she moved to Australia in the 1920s and became involved in the theatre, first in Brisbane and then in Sydney. During this time, she used her mother's maiden name and was known as Carrie Tennant. In 1929, Caroline married Francis Kelly and took his surname. She founded the Community Playhouse, the first theatre in New South Wales devoted to producing Australian drama, in 1929, followed by the Play Society in 1931. She edited *The Community Magazine: Official Magazine of the Community Play-house* from 1930 to 1931. In the 1930s she enrolled in a Diploma in Anthropology at the University of Sydney and went on to conduct anthropological fieldwork in Aboriginal communities at Fraser Island and Cherbourg in Queensland and at Burnt Bridge in New South Wales. During the Second World War she began a major survey of non-British settlement in Australia for the Commonwealth Government, a project that continued until the late 1940s. Towards the end of her working life, she served as a consulting anthropologist to the State Planning Authority of New South Wales. Caroline Kelly died on 1 September 1989 in Kyogle.
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List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file.
Alice Weasal
Bruce Mather
Charlotte Costello
Eddie Gilbert
Irell Embrey [? spelling of first name], (father from Bribie)
Fred Embury
Freda Hegarty
Harriet Mummin (Kangalu)
Jack Beatty [? spelling of last name]
Bradley - Kangalu
May Hegarty
Sunny Sunflower
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Correspondence. Includes an undated handwritten statement signed by Lenard Law, possibly writing as an amanuensis. The statement is written in the first-person and contains biographical details of an Aboriginal person confined against his/her wishes at the Cherbourg settlement.
Correspondents include Wilfred Wragge, Maidie Ross (Restricted), Arthur Cobba Simson, Doris Crawford, W. Porteus Semple (Superintendent Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement), Leslie Wilson (Governor of Queensland), and Tom Blackman.
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Notebook containing notes from field work in Aboriginal communities in New South Wales.
Report titled "Settlement at Wallaga Lake, Tilba Tilba NSW", accompanied by a letter to AP Elkin, ca. 1937
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
James Davis (father of Herb)
Jack Mahrny [? spelling]
Clarnie Avery [? spelling of first name]
George Birge [? spelling]
Walter Birge [? spelling]
Edgar Bolloch
Jack Dolt
Pacey Lighlon [? spelling]
Tom Lighlon [? spelling]
Tom Campbell
Astley Campbell
Dick Campbell
Roy Wilson (son of Mr G Wilson)
Norman Whitton
Clara Buchanon
Mr Thorpe [full name not provided]
Mr Greenwell [full name not provided]
Miss Mack [full name not provided]
Mr G Wilson
Hettlefield [full name not provided]
? Hockins [full name not provided]
? Waters [full name not provided]
? Taylor [full name not provided]
? Carberry [full name not provided]
? Moffitt [full name not provided]
? Benelong [full name not provided]
? Archibald [full name not provided]
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Box 7 Folder 21
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Correspondence and reports relating to Caroline Kelly’s anthropological survey. Including report and correspondence to the AP Board 1937, Anthropological survey August/September 1937.
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Box 7 Folder 22
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Correspondence and reports relating to Caroline Kelly’s anthropological survey.
Paper by Caroline Kelly on "the impact of European culture upon the Aborigines of New South Wales", ca. 1937
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
Herbert Davis
Campbell [full name not provided]
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Created, Linda Justo, 3-Sep-2020
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Box 8 Folder 1
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Memoranda, notes and reports.
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Box 8 Folder 2
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Correspondence, minutes and reports.
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Box 8 Folder 3
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Reports by Caroline Kelly produced for a research study commissioned by the Commonwealth Ministry of Immigration, 1943-1947.
Correspondence associated with the migration research project, 1944 - 1946.
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Box 8 Folder 4
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Correspondence, reports and press stories.
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Box 8 Folder 5
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Field notes and reports.
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Box 8 Folder 6
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Field notes and reports. Includes report on child immigration agencies in New South Wales, 1944.
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Box 8 Folder 7
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Paper by Caroline Kelly.
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Box 8 Folder 8
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Lectures and radio addresses authored by Caroline Kelly and publicity fliers promoting her talks, 1932-1955.
Report on and itinerary and fliers for the Jubilee Conference of the Australian Federal Council of the New Education Fellowship, held Aug-Oct 1951.
Fliers promoting public lecture by Margaret Mead, Sydney, 20 Aug 1951.
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Box 8 Folder 9
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Articles authored by Caroline Kelly, AP Elkin, SF Nadel, AR Radcliffe Brown and others.
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Box 9 Folder 1
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Brochures for aged care facilities in New South Wales and Caroline Kelly’s report on aged care, 'Survey of Accommodation available for the Aged, Central Coast Region'.
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Box 9 Folder 2
Parcel 1
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Contracts, proposals, minutes, correspondence, reports and other papers relating to Caroline Kelly's work as a consultant.
Box 9
Folder 2
Contracts, proposals, minutes, correspondence, reports and other papers.
Parcel 1
Cawongla : General view from Sargent's Road. (Photographs pasted together diagonally across A3 sheet of paper to make a panorama view).
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Cuttings collected by Caroline Kelly. Includes
-- Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings relating to Caroline Kelly, mostly concerning her wedding and hiking honeymoon, 1929.
-- _The B.P. Magazine_, 1 Mar 1932, containing a history of Australia drama with a reference to Carrie Tennant.
Arranged into 6 files.
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Photgraphs relating to Caroline Kelly's personal and professional life.
Divided into sub-series, and then arranged into files and albums by subject.
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Pre-1955 photographs: copyright expired.
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Photographs of Caroline Kelly, her husband Timothy and her extended family, and other people and places associated with Caroline Kelly and her family.
Album 1: Photographs of Caroline Kelly, her husband Timothy and her extended family, and photographs of farmland and dogs, 1800s-1950s.
Album 2: Photographic prints, slides and negatives showing people and places associated with Caroline Kelly and her family, 1940s-1970s.
File 1: 4 photographs:
-- Caroline Kelly and Timothy Kelly on their wedding day, with guests, 1929
-- Studio portrait of Caroline Kelly in wedding gown, 1929
-- Jewish Welfare Guardian Society of Australia First Federal Convention, 1948
-- Unidentified couple signing marriage register, nd.
File 2: 3 photographs of unidentified subjects, a white ribbon and a sympathy card, all originally contained in an envelope marked 'Not to be opened'
Item 1: Framed photograph of Caroline Kelly, Jun 1921
Item 2: Framed photograph of a man, possibly Caroline Kelly’s father, nd
Item 3: Framed photograph of Caroline Kelly, c1930s
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Album comprising 72 black and white photographs (sizes vary), 89 negatives (9.5 x 6 cm), 10 negatives (8 x 11 cm), 1 colour photograph and 18 slides (35 mm). Photographic prints, slides and negatives relate to Caroline Kelly's professional life in theatre and as an anthropologist.
Includes photographs of Margaret Mead, people at the Cherbourg community in Queensland, tobacco farming and a community gathering on the Atherton Tableland, and housing developments associated with Kelly's work for the New South Wales State Planning Authority.
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49 glass slides, mostly of Aboriginal subjects.
9 contact sheets of images from the glass slides.
Proof sheets in Box 11 Folder 3.
Digitised in 2010.
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