Guide to manuscript collections containing Indigenous material
| Collection Name | Location / Topic Index | Collection # |
Papua New Guinea, Aitape & Aua Islands, Yellow and Sepik Rivers, Hermit Island, Madang, Morobe District, Upper Ramu River, Maramuni River tribe Central Highlands |
UQFL271 |
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Dalleburra and Jirandali people of North Queensland, Lammermoor Station |
UQFL202 |
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Correspondence written in German, except correspondence with outside bodies relating to the Lutheran Church of Australia mission at Bloomfield, south of Cooktown |
UQFL388 |
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Photographs of Papua New Guinea, depicting Rabaul, Edie Creek goldfields, Wau, Samarai and Bulolo |
UQFL272 |
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Indigenous political issues |
UQFL199 |
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Papers and minutes of the Uniting Church of Australia, including press releases on Aboriginal issues |
UQFL73 |
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Papua New Guinea in 1920s, Trobriand Islands, Japanese POW camps |
UQFL137 |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples mainly from North Queensland, Palm Island, Cherbourg and Woorabinda, Yarrabah and Mona Mona; Papuan New Guinean people from Rabaul, Matte Island, Gazelle Peninsula, Bellona Island, Bougainville, Kavieng, Morobe District, Ramu River, Sepik River, Lae, Edie Creek, Manus Island Solomon Islands, Fiji |
UQFL44 |
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Aboriginal affairs, land rights, right to vote, alternative bicentennial |
UQFL234 |
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Tonga and Papua New Guinea |
UQFL124 |
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Addresses issues of Aboriginal people and white Australia policy through theatre |
UQFL65 |
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Black and white photographs of Papua New Guinea, mainly depicting Bulolo gold fields |
UQFL275 |
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Photographs of Papua New Guinea, particularly Rabaul, Edie Creek, Lae, Bulolo, Wau and Salamaua. Includes photographs of gold mines at Edie Creek and Bulolo. Handwritten identifying notes on back of photographs |
UQFL273 |
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Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander and Papuan New Guinean languages |
UQFL173 |
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Elsey Station in Northern Territory; We of the Never Never material |
UQFL344 |
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Papua New Guinea |
UQFL88 |
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Forrest River (WA), Yarrabah, and Palm Island Missions Queensland |
UQFL74 |
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Carnarvon Gorge, northwest Queensland, rock art, Lloyd Bay, Macleary district NSW, Shoalhaven District, Tyrell’s museum portraits of Aboriginal people, Port Stephens District, Mona Mona Mission, Mitchell River Mission, Moa Island, Hill River Mission, photographs of Truganini; Pacfic Islands, Papua New Guinea |
UQFL2 |
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Photographs of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. Includes photographs of the volcanic eruptions near Rabaul in 1937 |
UQFL270 |
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Indigenous political and welfare issues |
UQFL191 |
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Kahlin Compound Northern Territory |
UQFL83 |
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Arundta; Information on Vocabularies from Billiluna, Roebourne and Tablelands; Ooldea language words, Fitzroy River, West Kimberley, Broome Vocabulary, Melville Island, South Central and Eucla; Aboriginal language, mythology, beliefs; Daisy Bates material from the South Central Desert and Nullarbor Plains people |
UQFL18 |
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Photographs of Aborigines taken in Arnhem Land |
UQFL468 |
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Toowoomba / Drayton early settlement [non-Indigenous]; Yugambeh |
UQFL10 |
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Personal and professional papers of Caroline Kelly, including anthropology field notes, reports and articles, photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to her anthropological fieldwork in Aboriginal communities at Fraser Island and Cherbourg in Queensland and at Burnt Bridge in New South Wales. |
UQFL489 |
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Black and white photographs of Papua New Guinea, depicting Samara; and Eastern Division, Port Moresby, Funeral of Sir Hubert Murray and Lakekamu: Goldfield |
UQFL185 |
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Aboriginal workers Durundur station, Woodford, Queensland |
UQFL89 |
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1861 Nogoa murders, Yaamba and Rockhampton region |
UQFL204 |
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Material collected concerning Aboriginal Land Rights and Aboriginal Affairs; Queensland reserves Bamaga, Cherbourg, Mapoon, Yarrabah, Camoweal, Mt Isa, Lockhart river (Iron Range), Mona Mona, Aurukun, Mornington Island, Doomadgee, Hopevale, Lockhart River, Edward and Mitchell River Missions, Palm Island, Weipa |
UQFL156 |
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Goonana Mission, Mornington Island |
UQFL178 |
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Central Queensland, Cunnamulla, Coopers Creek area |
UQFL27 |
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The collection includes material relating to John J. Murphy’s book, Book of Pidgin English. The bulk of the collection relates to Murphy’s service in the Australian administration of Papua New Guinea in a number of official positions between 1936 and 1969. This is documented in diaries, correspondence, reports and photographs |
UQFL99 |
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Papua New Guinea administration |
UQFL91 |
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Torres Strait Islands of Mer Island (Maer Island), commonly known as Murray Island; Dowar Island (Dauar Island) and Wyer (Waier Island) |
UQFL49 |
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Photographs and material relating to missions in North Queensland Mornington Island, Aurukun, Weipa and Mapoon |
UQFL57 |
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Stradbroke Island, Moreton Island, Noonuccal people. Aboriginal rights activism in 1970’s |
UQFL84 |
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Photographs, typescript articles, correpondence, diaries, notes, ephemera, documenting personal experiences of colonial administration in Papua New Guinea. The collection was assembled by Dr. Peter Cahill, from material donated by members of the Papua New Guinea Assocation of Australia |
UQFL387 |
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Freelance journalist in PNG during World War 1939-1945 |
UQFL288 |
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Mainly correspondence about articles included in the journal Aboriginal Child at School |
UQFL381 |
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The collection of papers, photographs and maps describes the construction of the Bulldog Wau Road in New Guinea in 1943 |
UQFL62 |
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Photographs Indigenous workers in the Cairns region, 1890’s; Daintree River, Musgrave River, Hambeldon Plantation, Cairns, Herberton |
UQFL243 |
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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 |
UQFL302 |
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Samford Bora Ring, North Burleigh, Gold Coast bora ring, Dayborough Bora, Mt Sampson Bora Keperra bora ring; Macleay River Aborigines |
UQFL5 |
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Indigenous art and legends, children’s picture books |
UQFL386 |
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Central Cape York Peninsular languages |
UQFL476 |
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Papua New Guinea |
UQFL186 |
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Relating to Deebing Creek and Purga Aboriginal Missions. Includes transcripts of interviews, photocopies of Queensland Department of Public Instruction records, files of Deebing Creek Cultureal Committee relating to Committee’s efforts to have part of original Deebing Creek Mission made an Aboriginal reserve. Includes letters from Frances Wright and maps |
UQFL405 |
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Brisbane Moreton Bay area, Undambie people of Caloundra area; material relating to Aboriginal legal issues |
UQFL122 |
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The collection reflects Dr. Tugby’s interests as an anthropologist in areas of Indonesia, Malaysia and Netherlands New guinea. |
UQFL169 |
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Banka Banka Station diaries; other material relating to Indigenous affairs and Aboriginal people in Northern Territory, Warrumungu peoples |
UQFL102 |
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David Unaipon Award competition entrants; Aboriginal writers Doris Pilkington, M H Lucashenko, Warrigal Anderson, Herb Wharton |
UQFL198 |
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Slides, 16mm film, black and white photographs and a few miscellaneous publications. The photographs were taken as part of Vellacott - Jones’s work as an official photographer with the Papua New Guinea administration. |
UQFL133 |
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Includes some photographs of Aboriginal people, mostly in North Queensland |
UQFL167 |
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Queensland place names and their meanings. Articles exploring the aboriginal origin of many Queensland place names |
UQFL2:2606-2607 |
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A prominent speaker on Australian literature Aboriginal Writer, Cunnamulla, Kooma people, Unaipon award winner |
UQFL212 |
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Black and white photographs of Papua New Guinea, depicting landscapes, aeroplanes and airstrips, goldmines and Indigenous people. Places depicted include Rabaul, Salamaua, Wau, Lae, Bulolo, Durantina, and Watut. |
UQFL274 |
Single-item manuscripts containing Indigenous material
Author |
Title |
Description |
Collection |
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F433a : A list of bora grounds in south-east Queensland (7 leaves typescript; 1970); |
F433 |
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Records, 1970-1976 |
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of Aboriginal affairs, compiled for ABSCHOL from March 1963 to July 1966. Scrapbook includes pamphlets and postcards |
F2360 |
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Records concerning the Action Conference on Racism and Education, Jan 28-Feb 2, 1972 |
F2181 |
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ABSCHOL papercuttings of Aboriginal affairs, 1963-1966 |
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of Aboriginal affairs, compiled for ABSCHOL from March 1963 to July 1966. Scrapbook includes pamphlets and postcards |
F2186 |
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Letter, 1928 Nov. 10 : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan |
Letters discuss the possibility of submitting an article to Brisbane Telegraph regarding, cannibalism, condition of aborigines, impact of Catholic missions |
F1519 | ||
Letter, 1928 Dec. 12 : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan |
Refers to a possible article by Daisy Bates for the Brisbane Telegraph. Letter includes discussion about murders by Aboriginal people, some anecdotes about Aboriginal people at Ooldea and New Norcia Benedictine Mission, and general observations about the social conditions of Aboriginal people at the time |
F1520 | ||
Aboriginal origin [of] Queensland place names |
Alphabetical list of Queensland place names with Aboriginal origins |
F227 |
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The Aborigines of Stradbroke Island, F S Colliver and F P Woolston 1975 |
Stradbroke Island |
F1156 |
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2 Drawings of Bora grounds of the Moreton Bay district |
F3393 |
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Detribalisation in South Australia |
Author refers to a film made by Professor Campbell [Uni of Adelaide] about Aboriginal life in SA. Discusses repercussions of detribalisation |
F1767 |
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What do I as an Aboriginal think about the old traditions and customs of my people |
Gilbert’s beliefs regarding a variety of issues including - dreaming, origins of Aboriginal people, customs, colonisation, racial identification, loss of identity |
F1806 |
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Reminiscences of my early days in Ipswich |
Describes life in early Ipswich (called Limestone then] 1850s account of attack by local Jagera people on early settlers near limestone and Pine Mountain; mentions ceremonial gatherings in Rosewood Scrub and Coal Creek; Mentions Nagoora, Kholo, Dundaley, trip on dray to Drayton, Warwick and Callandoon; Tewantin cannibalism ritual |
F344 |
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Aboriginal participation in community life |
Topics include : relationships with the white community, sociological dimensions of the task ahead, case-studies in Aboriginal community development, pre-conditions for successful outcomes, role of the C.D. practitioner, methodology. |
F2414 | ||
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Inter-racial seminar report |
F2163 |
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Bibliography : brokers of cultural change : the conquest of native America |
Bibliography mainly Indigenous North Americans - some references to sources on Aboriginal issues |
F3254 | ||
Captain Coley : Queenslands first Sergeant at Arms |
Refers tp Richard Coles, who gave evidence to the Select Committee into the Native Police, relating to the Kilcoy Mission |
F2465 | ||
Papers relating to Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for Sir Evan Mackenzie |
Compiled in support of an amended entry in the Australian dictionary of biography |
F1621 | ||
Brisbane Commonwealth Games land rights protests, 1981-1982 |
Copy of original Super8 film of Aboriginal protests before and during the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Footage by Ian Curr and Lachlan Hurse. |
F3686 | ||
Cherbourgh settlement, Thursday March 24, 1966 |
Report of visit to Cherbourg Aboriginal community by R. Wright and K. Loughlin, representatives of Building Workers’ Industrial Union of Australia. The visit was to investigate wage rates and employment conditions of Aboriginal Union members. |
F2046 |
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Terrible wages discrimination |
Wage discrepancy and discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander station hands, cooks and tradesmen |
F2045 |
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Dry as a wooden God |
Personal reflections of life in early northern Queensland - reflections on Aboriginal people in this area 1922-1945 |
F3118 |
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Papers relating to the McConnel family of Cressbrook, Queensland |
Mainly mentions McConnel history of Durrundur; mentions local Aboriginal people and Aboriginal station hands |
F3107 |
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Articles published in newspapers, ca.1923-1924 |
Indigenous political issues |
F438 |
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Notebooks on Saibai and Mer languages |
Notebook contains English interpretation of Mer and Saibai words |
F3110 |
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Easter 1970 and the origins of the National Tribal Council |
National Tribal Council; Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders |
F2012 |
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Briefing material - Commonwealth Games Act, Street March ban, Award wages on reserves, 28 Sept 1982 |
Correspondence between Malcolm Fraser (Prime Minister) and Terry O’Gorman (Queensland Council of Civil Liberties); Correspondence Office of Aboriginal & Islander Affairs, 190-82; newspaper articles on land rights, discrimination, protest bans in Brisbane, Commonwealth Games march bans - refusal to allow Aboriginal groups to march in Commonwealth games march |
F2034 |
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Notebook of vocabulary and phrases in Aboriginal dialects |
Possibly the Burnett district ; instructions to coast blacks to save wrecks; notes on the manners and customs of wide bay district Willie Mackenzie |
F1072 |
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Survey of Facing Island |
Report of an independent undergraduate study for the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland. Concerns survey of Aboriginal relic sites on Facing Island. |
F2292 |
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Village to mission to community, St Paul’s centenary celebrations 1904-2004 : a celebratory booklet prepared for the families of St Paul’s community, Mua. |
Includes genealogies for the early families of St Paul’s Mission, Moa Island. Contains copies of photographs from the MacFarlane and Shnukal collections, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. |
F3307 |
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Reminiscences 1861-1868 |
Describes voyage out to Australia and work on various cattle stations in NSW [Richmond River Station, Kyogle; Glengallan; Cockatoo Creek Station later Taroom] & later in Dawson Valley. Includes encounters with Aborigines at Taroom, King Darby |
F1664 |
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St John’s Cathedral on Sunday 6 September 1981 |
Addresses "What the white man needs to know about Aboriginals" and "What Aboriginals need to know about themselves". Discusses Aboriginal spirituality, and the need for research into Aboriginal history and culture. |
F1936 |
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A sermon by the Rev. J. G. Steele, preached at St. John’s Cathedral on Sunday 20 September 1981 |
Concerns the social organisation of traditional Aboriginal society |
F1937 |
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Fraser Island; address by Jules Tardent to the Royal Geographical Society of Australia, 7 May 1948 |
Flinders exploration Fraser Coast and Wide Bay; Doondurra clan; "Stirling Castle" shipwreck, Mrs Fraser’s and the Stirling Crew’s rescue; Bunya Pine; includes European interpretations of Aboriginal peoples place names for Wide Bay Coast area; Andrew & Tom Petrie; geological, geographical and botanical features Fraser Island; Aboriginal mission and transfer of Doondurra clan of the Island to other missions in Wide Bay; Billy Wundumma tracker who helped track the Kelly Gang; shipwrecks |
F1240 |
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Submission re Aboriginal Legislation, ACTU Congress, Sept 1963 |
Evaluation of "Aborigines Preservation and Protection Act, 1939-1946"; right to vote; removal of restrictions on Aboriginal reserves, movement without restriction; freedom to marry; rights to education and training; ACTU Congress decision to amend the constitution |
F1939 |
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Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines |
Berrweria tribe, folklore, myths |
F3181 |
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Letter, 1975 November 7 to Mr. K.N. Jones, Department of Education, ACT. |
Letter concerns the Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme, evaluation report |
F3147 |
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Bibliography of the Weipa Shell Mounds |
Bibliography on shell mounds, Weipa & North Queensland area |
F3137 |
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Papers |
Deals with the pearl industry in the Torres Strait, early history; One photograph of two Torres Strait Islander women pearl divers |
F3205 |
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Gaiarbu’s story of the Jinibara tribe of South East Queensland and its neighbours, [1957?] |
Jinibara people, South East Queensland |
F1811 |
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Some native customs and beliefs of the Jinibara and neighbouring tribes, on the Brisbane and Stanley Rivers, Queensland, 1957 |
Based on the recollections of Gaiarbau (Willie Mackenzie) of the Jinibara tribe |
F614 |
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Aboriginal tribes in the Woocoo Shire |
Includes descriptive information about the Kabi tribe, an account of conflict between white settlers and local Indigenous people in about 1849, and an account of Indigenous customs at Mt. Mowbollan. Mentions Taribeleng, Korenggoreng, Kabi and Djakunda peoples but focuses predominately on Kabi people; Bunya feast |
F2220 |
