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Collection Summary

Creator
Stewart Harris
Title
Papers of Stewart Harris
Date Range
1916-1994
Collection Number
MS 8882
Extent
8.1 metres (42 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 carton + 40 sound/av carriers)
Physical Facet
Legacy extent derived from Hume 1 & 2 combined locations spreadsheet.
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection contains a large sequence of correspondence and clippings relating to his work for The Times as well as articles and letters concerning contributions made to other newspapers and journals in Australia and Britain.

The remaining portion of the collection has a wide subject range, reflecting the diverse nature of Harris' interests, and includes papers on the topics of Northern Australian development, the 1971 Springbok tour of Australia and Australian recognition of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. In addition, a large body of papers document Harris' involvement in the Aboriginal rights movement, in his various roles as author, academic, member of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee and as public relations officer for the Northern Land Council.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2501768).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Stewart Harris, National Library of Australia, MS 8882, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

In December 1994 the National Library of Australia purchased the papers of Stewart Harris, for more than twenty years Foreign Correspondent in Australia for The Times newspaper.

Lectures, conference proceedings and other speeches recorded by Harris relating to the Aboriginal rights movement are stored in the National Library's Oral History Collection. Also preserved in the Oral History Collection are a number of interviews and other recordings conducted by Harris in his capacity as a journalist and contract interviewer.

Biographical Note

DateEvent
1922Born Woking, Surrey
1944-46Served as a seaman in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and later as a lieutenant, Air Intelligence
1945-46Correspondence student of the London School of Journalism
1947Graduated with a Masters Degree in history from Cambridge University
1947-48Working holiday as a labourer in rural Australia
1948-49Gained employment as a broker at Lloyds of London and also as a freelance writer
1949Journalist writing for the Yorkshire Post
1950-51Employed by The Times, London as a subeditor, special correspondent and leader writer
1951-1953Employed by The Herald newspaper group in Brisbane and Sydney
1953-54Overland journey through Asian subcontinent to London
1955Returned to Australia as assistant to The Times staff correspondent in Melbourne, and marriage later in the same year to Mary Orr Deas in London
1957-1973Served as The Times correspondent in Australia and became a naturalized Australian and resident of Canberra
1967The Times special foreign correspondent in Egypt during six day war
1967-68The Times special foreign correspondent, Vietnam
1968First foreign correspondent permitted entry into Irian Jaya
1971Publication of Political Football
1972Publication of This Our Land
1973-77Senior Research Fellow, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
1977-78Public relations adviser for the Northern Land Council
1978-80Foreign affairs research specialist, Parliamentary Library, Canberra
1978-83Member of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee
1979Publication of It's Coming Yet
1980-84Senior editorial writer, The Canberra Times
1984Member of the Influential Persons Delegation to China and, with his wife, retired to Braidwood, N.S.W.
1984-93Freelance journalist
1987-88Information Officer for the Australian Council for Overseas Aid
1994Died at Braidwood, N.S.W.

Journalist, research fellow, writer. Studied history at Cambridge before embarking on journalism. "The Times" Foreign Correspondent in Australia 1957-1973, he reported from Vietnam, Egypt and Southeast Asia in the late 1960s/early 1970s. In 1968 he was the first foreign journalist allowed into Irian Jaya. Harris became actively involved in the Aboriginal rights movement as a researcher, member of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee & publicity officer for the Northern Land Council.

DateEvent
1922Born Woking, Surrey
1944-46Served as a seaman in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and later as a lieutenant, Air Intelligence
1945-46Correspondence student of the London School of Journalism
1947Graduated with a Masters Degree in history from Cambridge University
1947-48Working holiday as a labourer in rural Australia
1948-49Gained employment as a broker at Lloyds of London and also as a freelance writer
1949Journalist writing for the Yorkshire Post
1950-51Employed by The Times, London as a subeditor, special correspondent and leader writer
1951-1953Employed by The Herald newspaper group in Brisbane and Sydney
1953-54Overland journey through Asian subcontinent to London
1955Returned to Australia as assistant to The Times staff correspondent in Melbourne, and marriage later in the same year to Mary Orr Deas in London
1957-1973Served as The Times correspondent in Australia and became a naturalized Australian and resident of Canberra
1967The Times special foreign correspondent in Egypt during six day war
1967-68The Times special foreign correspondent, Vietnam
1968First foreign correspondent permitted entry into Irian Jaya
1971Publication of Political Football
1972Publication of This Our Land
1973-77Senior Research Fellow, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
1977-78Public relations adviser for the Northern Land Council
1978-80Foreign affairs research specialist, Parliamentary Library, Canberra
1978-83Member of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee
1979Publication of It's Coming Yet
1980-84Senior editorial writer, The Canberra Times
1984Member of the Influential Persons Delegation to China and, with his wife, retired to Braidwood, N.S.W.
1984-93Freelance journalist
1987-88Information Officer for the Australian Council for Overseas Aid
1994Died at Braidwood, N.S.W.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Diaries, Address books, 1943-91

Through his journalistic career, both in Australia and Britain, Harris kept a sequence of small diaries in which he recorded appointments, names and addresses and short notes.

Diaries kept while a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University in 1973-76 can be found in Series 12.

Item 1, 1943; Item 2, ca. 1944 (File 1) - Box 1

Item 3, 1948; Item 4, 1949; Item 5, 1951; Item 6-7, 1952; Item 8, 1953; Item 9, 1954; Item 10, 1955; Item 11, 1957 (File 2) - Box 1

Item 12, 1962; Item 13, 1963; Item 14, 1964; Item 15, 1966; Item 16-17, 1967; Item 18, 1968; Item 19, 1969; Item 20, 1970; Item 21, 1971 (File 3) - Box 1

Item 22, 1972; Item 23-24, 1973; Item 25, 1974; Item 26, 1975; Item 27, 1976; Item 28, 1977; Item 29, 1978; Item 30, 1979; Item 31, 1980 (File 4) - Box 1

Item 32, 1981; Item 33, 1982; Item 34, 1983; Item 35, 1984; Item 36, 1985; Item 37, 1986; Item 38, 1987; Item 39, 1988; Item 40, 1989; Item 41, 1990; Item 42, 1991; Item 43, Address book, ca. 1940s; Item 44-45, Address books, ca. 1970 (File 5) - Box 1

Series 2. Personal and Family Papers and Correspondence, 1916-84

In addition to the photographs filed here, photographs documenting the early part of Harris' life, friendships, university days and military service are filed in Series 24.

Birth and marriage certificates, including those of Harris' parents; Harris family tree and other genealogical notes; papers relating to Grant Harris (Stewart Harris' brother who was killed in World War II) (File 1) - Box 2

Personal and family photographs (File 2) - Box 2

Passports and official identification cards of Stewart Harris (File 3) - Box 2

Photographs and concert programme from schooldays at Marlborough College (File 4) - Box 2

Cambridge University photographs, degrees and essays (File 5) - Box 2

Documents, correspondence, photographs relating to naval and air training (File 6) - Box 2

Album containing photographs and results of golfing competitions whilst a schoolboy and at Cambridge, and photographs of his war training and service (File 7) - Box 2

Press clippings about Stewart Harris (File 8) - Box 2

Scrapbook containing newspaper articles about Stewart Harris (File 9) - Box 2

Letters to Kate Harris (Stewart Harris' mother), 1916-1956 (File 10) - Box 3

Letters, cables from Kate Harris to Stewart Harris, 1951-53 (File 11) - Box 3

Letters and miscellaneous papers of Mary Harris (Stewart Harris' wife), 1954-1976 (File 12) - Box 3

Undated letters from Mary Harris (File 13) - Box 3

Letters from children at boarding school, 1968-June 1969 (File 14) - Box 3

Letters from children at boarding school, July 1969-1971 (File 15) - Box 3

Letters from children at boarding school, 1972-74 (File 16) - Box 3

Letters to children whilst in Europe on holiday with wife, 1980; miscellaneous family letters (File 17) - Box 4

Harris children school reports (File 18) - Box 4

Papers relating to 15 Dampier Crescent, Forrest, A.C.T. property (File 19_20) - Box 4

Papers relating to 25 Mugga Way, Red Hill, A.C.T. property (File 21) - Box 4

Architectural plans and drawings of Mugga Way property (File 22) - Folio-Box 1

Series 3. General Correspondence and Papers, 1944-94

During his lifetime Harris was a frequent letter writer. Correspondents represented in this Series include friends and associates such as Conant Broadribb, Rupert Clarke and Sir Keith Murdoch. Also filed in this sequence is a letter of introduction written on behalf of Stewart Harris to Sir Dallas Brooks from Robert Giles.

Letters to Harris, 1944-52 (File 1) - Box 4

Letters to Harris, 1953-59 (File 2) - Box 4

Undated early correspondence (File 3) - Box 5

Correspondence regarding retirement pensions (File 4) - Box 5

Correspondence concerning Mr Sekander Hayat, an illegal immigrant to Australia, 1989 (File 5) - Box 5

Letters to Harris, 1993-94 (File 6) - Box 5

Miscellaneous articles and journals collected by Harris (File 7) - Box 5

Series 4. London School of Journalism, 1945-46

Shortly after World War II Harris enrolled in correspondence classes run by the London School of Journalism. In this Series are his completed written exercises together with comments made by teachers.

Writing exercises and assessments (File 1) - Box 5

Series 5. Working Holiday in Rural Australia, 1947-48

Between July 1947 and February 1948, Harris made a solo trip through outback Australia, during which time he kept notes in diary form of his impressions and activities. He worked in various jobs including as a cook on a mustering camp at Banka, N.T., as a station hand at Dalmally, Qld, as a labourer in a Mackay sugar mill and drove tractors and assisted as a harvest hand on a wheat farm at Watchupgai in the Mallee district of Victoria.

A short sequence of articles and correspondence relating to his Australian experiences, principally written on return to England, is contained in Series 6. Other photographs documenting Harris' travels in Australia are filed in Series 24.

Four notebooks and photographs, including portrait of Harris as a stockman (File 1) - Box 5

Notes relating to properties visited in Northern Australia (File 2) - Box 5

Series 6. Early Journalistic Writings, England, 1949-51

On his return to England Harris commenced work as a broker at Lloyds of London. At the same time he began broadcasting and writing about Australia, particularly on the topic of northern development, using research notes he had collected whilst in the country. After leaving Lloyds he gained employment as a freelance reporter, writing for various papers, including The Express, The Listener, The Observer, Sport & Country magazine, Overseas, a journal of the Over-Seas League, as well as recording talks for the BBC 'Topic For Tonight' segment. In 1949 he took up a position as a Fleet Street journalist on the Yorkshire Post and visited Germany as special correspondent to report on the postwar economy. In the next year he was employed for a short period by The Times as subeditor in the Special Supplements Department.

Photographs taken by Harris documenting German postwar reconstruction are filed in Series 24.

Correspondence, 1947-50 (File 1) - Box 6

Undated correspondence; letters about Northern Australian development (File 2) - Box 6

Typescript manuscripts of articles written as a freelance reporter, including speech drafted for Lord Bruce, March 1949 regarding British meat supplies (File 3) - Box 6

Typescript manuscripts about Australia (File 4) - Box 6

Background notes used in Australian articles, including: statistics relating to British meat position pre and post World War II; photographs of the construction of the Lawson Syphon, Edward River Region, N.S.W. to accompany immigration articles; Northern Territory regulations under the Crown Lands Ordinance, 1931-39 (File 5) - Box 6

Reports of Royal Commissions concerning: Northern Territory development, 1934; extension of the Great Northern Railway to Camooweal, 1936; Queensland abattoirs and meatworks, 1945 (File 6) - Box 6

Background papers and publications relating to land settlement and the cattle industry in Northern Australia (File 7) - Box 6

Clippings of published freelance articles, ca. 1948-49 (File 8) - Box 6

Articles published in Overseas and Sport Country, 1948-49 (File 9) - Box 7

Transcripts of broadcasts made for BBC 'Topic For Tonight' segment, 1948-51 (File 10) - Box 7

The Yorkshire Post clippings, 1949-50 (File 11) - Box 7

Series 7. Early Journalistic Writings, Australia, 1951-56

In 1951 Harris was invited by Sir Keith Murdoch to come to Australia to write editorials and feature articles for The Herald group of newspapers. He reported on events in the United States for two months on the way to Sydney, before becoming leader writer for The Courier Mail where he wrote on the introduction of Santa Gertrudis cattle to Australia. He corresponded with Robert Kleberg, the developer of the breed and reported on his property, King Ranch, in Texas. After eighteen months Harris transferred to work as a special writer for the Sydney Morning Herald touring the Australian continent. During this period Harris also continued to contribute occasional pieces to The Times in London.

Before his return to England in 1953, Harris acted for one term as a resident master at Cranbrook School in Sydney. The last leg of his journey was completed overland from Colombo to Teheran, via Ceylon, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, including the militarised Caspian Sea zone about which Harris wrote for The Age in 1956.

Additional photographs depicting Santa Gertrudis cattle at both King Ranch, Texas and King Ranch, Queensland are filed in Series 24.

Correspondence with publishers, 1951-54 (File 1) - Box 7

Press clippings, 1951-56 from Sunday Mail, Courier Mail, The Telegraph, The Age, The Advertiser (File 2) - Box 7

Leaders for the Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail, 1952 (File 3) - Box 7

Letters and documentation relating to Associated Stations Proprietary Ltd, Australian home of Santa Gertrudis cattle (File 4) - Box 7

Correspondence with Robert Kleberg and notes relating to the first auction sale of Santa Gertrudis cattle in Australia (File 5) - Box 8

Articles and notes relating to King Ranch and Santa Gertrudis cattle (File 6) - Box 8

Notes made by Stewart Harris during visits to farming districts in N.S.W (File 7) - Box 8

Sydney Morning Herald clippings, 1953 and photographs of sawmilling operations Byron Bay and Port Macquarie regions, N.S.W (File 8) - Box 8

The Cranbrookian, v. 34, no.2, December 1953 (File 9) - Box 8

Writings and photographs relating to Ceylon-England trip, 1953 (File 10_11) - Box 8

Series 8. Foreign Correspondent, The Times, in Australia, 1955-73

In 1955 Harris rejoined The Times as an assistant to its Australian staff correspondent in Melbourne, Roy Curthoys, succeeding the latter when he retired in the following year. During this period Harris maintained an ongoing correspondence with his editors in London, including frequent depatches, cables, and contributions to the paper's Obituary Department, for which he continued to write pieces after his retirement. In June 1956 Harris was part of the press contingent that observed a British nuclear test at Maralinga.

Correspondence in this series is principally with representatives of The Times, and includes long sequences exhanged with Foreign News Editor John Buist, his successor Jerome Caminada, and Obituary Department Editor Colin Watson. Amongst the smaller body of unofficial correspondence is a 1966 letter from Arthur Calwell in which he briefly reflects upon his political convictions.

Correspondence and cables relating to articles submitted to The Times whilst Harris worked for the Herald group in Australia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and notes produced when employed for The Times as sub-editor in the Special Supplements Department for a short period in November 1950 are filed in Series 6 and 7. Despatches, photographs and notes pertaining to his assignments as The Times special foreign correspondent in Vietnam, Egypt and Southeast Asia are filed in Series 9.

Documents regarding Harris' employment with The Times (File 1) - Box 8

Correspondence and cables, 1954-55 (File 2) - Box 8

Correspondence and cables, 1956-57 (File 3) - Box 9

Correspondence and cables, 1958 (File 4) - Box 9

Correspondence and cables, 1959 (File 5) - Box 9

Correspondence and cables, 1960 (File 6) - Box 9

Correspondence and cables, 1961 (File 7) - Box 9

Correspondence and cables, 1962 (File 8) - Box 9

Correspondence and cables, 1963; The 1963 A.N. Smith Memorial Lecture in Journalism delivered by Stewart Harris entitled Independent Editors : Are They Really Necessary? (File 9) - Box 10

Correspondence and cables, 1964 (File 10) - Box 10

Correspondence and cables, 1965 (File 11) - Folio-Box 11

Correspondence and cables, 1966 (File 12) - Box 10

Correspondence and cables, Jan.-Mar., 1967 (File 13) - Box 10

Correspondence and cables, Apr.-Dec., 1967 (File 14) - Box 10

Correspondence and cables, 1968 (File 15) - Box 10

Correspondence and cables, 1969 (File 16) - Box 11

Correspondence and cables, 1970 (File 17) - Box 11

Correspondence and cables, 1971-72 (File 18) - Box 11

Correspondence and cables, 1973-74 (File 19) - Box 11

Correspondence pertaining to Harris' retirement from The Times, 1973 (File 20) - Box 11

Clippings, 1948-51 (File 21) - Box 11

Contributions to Festival Of Britain Supplement, 1951 (File 22) - Box 11

Clippings, 1952-55 (File 23) - Box 12

Scrapbook of clippings, 1955-56 (File 24) - Folio-Box 1

Scrapbook of clippings, 1956-63 (File 25) - Folio-Box 2

Scrapbook of clippings, 1963-73 (File 26) - Folio-Box 3

Clippings, 1964-74 (File 27) - Box 12

Undated clippings (File 28) - Box 12

Government press releases, official press information folder and manuscript of Harris' cable to The Times about the Maralinga atomic test, 1956 (File 29) - Box 12

Contributions to supplements on Australia, 1964-74, including pieces published in the Washington Post and Illustrated London News (File 30_31) - Box 12

Draft obituaries of prominent Australians, 1983-91 (File 32_33) - Box 13

The Times special surveys: The Office Equipment Industry in Britain, 1950; Come to Britain, 1951; British Industries Fair, 1951; British Motor Car Industry, 1952 (File 34) - Box 13

The Times House Journal, 1951, 1955, 1966-67; Times News, 1967, 1972-74; miscellaneous publications about The Times and British publishing (File 35) - Box 13

The Times Australian Bicentenary Commemorative Issue, 1988 (File 36) - Folio-Box 1

Series 9. Special Foreign Correspondent, The Times: Vietnam, 1967-68; Egypt, 1967; Southeast Asia, 1968-74

Whilst employed with The Times, Harris was engaged on a number of occasions to act as a special correspondent to report on regional events. He was assigned the post of the paper's special war correspondent in Vietnam between 1967 and 1968 and reported from Egypt during the six day war in 1967. As special correspondent in Southeast Asia, he provided coverage from Thailand and New Zealand and from Indonesia in 1968, 1973-74. In 1968 Harris was the first foreign journalist allowed into Irian Jaya.

Vietnam: Notebook, despatches, press pass, clippings, including articles also contributed to The Canberra Times (File 1) - Box 13

Vietnam: Photographs (File 2) - Box 13

Vietnam: Maps (File 3) - Box 13

Egypt: Notebook, despatches, photographs (File 4) - Box 14

Southeast Asia: Clippings, map, notes concerning Indonesia (File 5) - Box 14

Southeast Asia: Photographs, maps, small amount of correspondence relating to Irian Jaya (File 6) - Box 14

Series 10. Springbok Tour of Australia, 1971

In 1971 the South African Springbok rugby union team toured Australia, provoking anti-apartheid demonstrations and clashes throughout the country. Harris was arrested whilst reporting for The Times at a demonstration at Norwood Oval in Adelaide, but was subsequently acquitted on the two charges of resisting police and of resisting arrest. He later published Political Football, an analysis of the tour, including a description of an alleged assault against Brian Tovey, a demonstrator at a Springbok's match in Toowoomba's Gold Park.

An ABC interview with Harris, recorded after the court judgment on his arrest, is preserved in the Oral History Collection.

Correspondence regarding Springbok tour (File 1) - Box 14

Papers concerning arrest of Harris and subsequent court case (File 2) - Box 14

Cables to The Times (File 3) - Box 14

Newspaper clippings about the tour (File 4_7) - Box 14, 15

Anti-tour circulars, brochures, notes (File 8) - Box 15

Correspondence and articles relating to Political Football and Tovey vs Davey case (File 9) - Box 15

Draft notes and typescript manuscript material regarding Political Football (File 10) - Box 15

Typescript drafts of Political Football (File 11_13) - Box 15, 16

Series 11. This Our Land (1972)

In 1972 ANU Press published Harris' second book, a commentary on contemporary Aboriginal affairs entitled This Our Land. The same year had seen the beginnings of widespread Aboriginal activism in Australia which Harris documented in the text.

Correspondence relating to This Our Land, 1972-78 (File 1) - Box 16

Typescript of This Our Land (File 2) - Box 16

Cables to The Times, notes, extracts from Hansard used in preparation of This Our Land (File 3) - Box 16

Press clippings used as background material for This Our Land (File 4) - Box 16

Published and unpublished papers used in preparation of This Our Land (File 5_8) - Box 16, 17

Extracts from journals used in preparation of This Our Land (File 9_10) - Box 17

Press releases and publications used in preparation of This OurLand (File 11) - Box 17

Publicity posters for This Our Land (File 12) - Box 17

Reviews of This Our Land (File 13) - Box 17

Series 12. Senior Research Fellow, ANU, 1973-77

In 1973 Harris was appointed as a research fellow specialising in Aboriginal affairs at the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. During his tenure he kept a sequence of detailed diaries and travelled widely in Northern and Central Australia. A manuscript by Harris entitled One People, a narrative of Aboriginal society and activism in Australia, which partly drew on experiences encountered during his tenure, was unable to find a publisher.

The correspondence in this series includes letters from Bill Day, Ian Viner, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1975-78) and other ANU academics.

Tape and cassette recordings of talks given by Aboriginal leaders at a series of seminars organised by Harris in 1974 are held in the National Library's Oral History Collection.

Diaries, 1973-76 (File 1_7) - Box 18, 19

Diaries recording trip to Northern Australia, ca. 1974 (File 8_14) - Box 19, 20

Correspondence, 1972-73 (File 15) - Box 20

Correspondence and notes for Charles Perkins Seminar, Australian National University, 7 March 1974 (File 16) - Box 20

Correspondence, 1974-75, including notes on tapes and transcripts of seminars given by Aboriginal leaders at the ANU in 1974. Speakers recorded were: Charles Perkins, Shirley Smith, Gordon Briscoe, Gary Foley, Harry Penrith, Jim Lester, Wandjuk Marika (File 17) - Box 20

Correspondence, Jan.-July 1976 (File 18) - Box 20

Correspondence, Aug. 1976-May 1977 (File 19) - Box 20

Correspondence, June 1977-Nov. 1978 (File 20) - Box 21

Correspondence with Chatto, Bodley Head Jonathan Cape publishers; address books; typescript of One People (File 21) - Box 21

Typescripts of One People (File 22) - Box 22

Papers, articles written and collected whilst at ANU (File 23_24) - Box 23

Miscellaneous notes and information collected during tenure (File 25) - Box 23

Bunji, 1973-79 (File 26) - Box 23

Series 13. Northern Land Council, 1977-78

Harris gained employment as a public relations adviser for the Northern Land Council for three months in late 1977 and early 1978 where his duties including speechwriting and preparation of articles on land rights issues.

Correspondence and notes, 1977-78 (File 1) - Box 23

Photographs of Northern Land Council members, 1977 and of Chairman, Galarrwuy Yunupingu; list of consultants to the Northern Land Council; notes made by Stewart Harris on a visit to Peppimenarti, N.T. and draft of article written for The Bulletin; minutes of Land Council meeting, November 16-17, 1977? (File 2) - Box 23

Published and unpublished papers collected whilst working for the Northern Land Council (File 3_5) - Box 23, 24

Newspaper clippings and journal extracts collected whilst working for the Northern Land Council (File 6) - Box 24

The Bulletin, Dec. 1977, Sept. 1978 (File 7) - Box 24

Land Rights News, July 1977-July 1978 (File 8) - Box 24

Series 14. Aboriginal Treaty Committee and It's Coming Yet, 1978-93

Harris was an early supporter of the Makarrata, or Aboriginal treaty, and an original member of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee. His neighbour, the poet Judith Wright, was also a member. In 1979 the Committee published a monograph by Harris on the treaty movement, entitled It's Coming Yet.

Correspondence and notes, 1978-1991, including letters from Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam (File 1) - Box 24

Notes and correspondence exchanged with Judith Wright, 1980-1993; minutes of meeting of Central Land Council, June 1988 (File 2) - Box 24

Agendas and minutes of Aboriginal Treaty Committee meetings, March 1979?-June 1980 (File 3) - Box 24

Agendas and minutes of Aboriginal Treaty Committee meetings, July 1980-April 1983 (File 4) - Box 24

Published and unpublished papers relating to the Aboriginal treaty (File 5_7) - Box 25

Press clippings relating to the Aboriginal treaty (File 8_9) - Box 25

Brochures, publicity material relating to the Aboriginal treaty movement (File 10) - Box 25

Treaty News, v. 1, no. 1, 1981; Aboriginal Treaty Committee Newsletter, May-Oct. 1980 (File 11) - Box 25

Miscellaneous journal issues, including: National AboriginalConference Newsletter, Nov. 1980-June 1981; Bunji, May 1981-Nov.1983 (File 12) - Box 25

Miscellaneous journal issues, including: Identity, Oct. 1980-Jan. 1981 (File 13) - Box 26

Aboriginal Treaty News, 1981-83 (File 14) - Box 26

Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs. Reference : Legal Feasibility of Makarrata (Official Hansard Report), 22 June 1982; The Impact of Environment and Lifestyle on Human Health, 1977 (File 15) - Box 26

Correspondence and reviews relating to It's Coming Yet (File 16) - Box 26

Typescripts of It's Coming Yet (File 17) - Box 26

Photographs and slides used in It's Coming Yet (File 18_19) - Box 27

Publicity poster for It's Coming Yet (File 20) - Box 27

Series 15. General Correspondence and Publications Relating to Aboriginal Issues, 1946-93

Outside his formal appointments to Aboriginal research positions, Harris maintained an active interest in indigineous affairs for over twenty years. He developed a correspondence with activists, including Kevin Gilbert and Bobbie Sykes, and amassed a large body of publications on the subject. Amongst his endeavours, he gave support in the early 1970s to Mrs Estelle Bertossi in her campaign for the release of her stepbrother, Richard Martin, an Australian Aborigine who had received a life sentence for murder following a street brawl in Brisbane in 1959.

A cassette recording and transcript of the proceedings of the Aboriginal Cape York Land Council Conference, 16-28 April, 1994 are housed in the Oral History Collection.

General correspondence, 1979-1993 including letters to the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW) and Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Chairman of the Northern Land Council (File 1) - Box 27

Correspondence with Kevin Gilbert and Bobbi Sykes, 1973-74 (File 2) - Box 27

Correspondence, notes, press clippings, 1973-74 concerning article by Harris about H.C. Coombs and his interest in Aboriginal issues, published in Reader's Digest, September 1974 together with a copy of the article (File 3) - Box 27

Correspondence and press clippings relating to the Richard Martin case, 1973-77 (File 4) - Box 27

Manuscript of Brother Jim by Jack Gallaway and associated correspondence (File 5) - Box 28

Correspondence, notes and reviews relating to Bunji by Bill Day (File 6) - Box 28

Typescript of Bunji by Bill Day (File 7) - Box 28

Proceedings of FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation's 1994 Indigenous Rights Conference, Brisbane and private report on meeting outcomes by Judith Wright (File 8) - Box 28

Photographs, including: demonstrations at Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra 1972, 1977, 1982; portraits of National Aboriginal Council members Roy Nichols, Pastor Ossie Cruse, Patrick Malone, EviaGeia, 1981 (File 9) - Box 28

Miscellaneous press releases issued by Canberra Aboriginal Mission, Organisation For Aboriginal Unity, National Aboriginal Conference and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, 1974, 1985-86 (File 10) - Box 28

Press clippings concerning Aboriginal rights issues, ca. 1975-88 (File 11_18) - Box 29

Newspaper clippings on Aboriginal rights issues (File 19) - Box 30

Published and unpublished papers and articles relating to the Aboriginal rights movement, including an open letter to ALP Caucus members prepared by the Northern Central and Tiwi Land Councils, March 1985 (File 20_24) - Box 30

Land Rights News, 1977-79, 1982, 1985, 1987-89 (File 25_28) - Box 30, 31

Miscellaneous issues of journals, including: Black News, Sept. 1973;Land Rights Alert, April 1985; The Yirrkalian, ca. 1974; Aboriginal Medical Service Newsletter, Sept.-Oct. 1980; Kimberley Land Council Newsletter, Aug. 1979, April 1980, Sept. 1986; NQMessagestick, Sept. 1980; Bunji, June 1980, 1982 (File 29) - Box 31

Miscellaneous issues of journals, including: Aboriginal Newsletter, 1985-86; Identity, Winter 1981; Chain Reaction, Aug.-Sept. 1980; Central Australian Land Rights News, May 1980 (File 30) - Box 31

Miscellaneous issues of journals, including: ALP Lobby, Jan.-Feb. 1979; Time and Energy, June 1978; Aboriginal Law Bulletin, 1985-85; Messagestick, 1986; Australian Society, March 1988, Jan.-Feb. 1991; Australian Aboriginal Studies, 1984 (File 31) - Box 31

Miscellaneous issues of journals, including Monthly Bulletin of theQueensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Islanders, Sept. 1973; Amnesty International Queensland Section Newsletter, Sept. 1973; Aboriginal Human Relations Newsletter, May1974; Aboriginal and IslanderIdentity, July 1977 and nos 3, 6,7, 9, 1978; C.A.R.E. Canberra Monthly Newsletter, Aug. 1977 (File 32) - Box 31

Brochures, pamphlets relating to the Aboriginal rights movement and Aboriginal issues (File 33_34) - Box 31, 32

Poster produced in support of the Noonkanbah campaign (File 35) - Box 32

Publications: Aboriginal Land Rights Commission : Second Report, April 1974 (File 36) - Box 32

Publications: Aboriginal Past : Australia's Future, 1984 (File 37) - Box 32

Publications: Australian Aboriginal Culture, 1973 (File 38) - Box 32

Publications: Aborigines of Australia, 1970 (File 39) - Box 32

Publications: Borroloola Land Claim : Report to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Minister for the Northern Territory, 1978 (File 40) - Box 32

Publications: Economic Development of Aboriginal Communities in the Northern Territory, 1980 (File 41) - Box 32

Publications: [Extracts from the Queensland Government Gazette regarding the Aboriginals Preservation Acts, 1939-46], 1956-61 (File 42) - Box 32

Publications: Far Western Region New South Wales, 1974 (File 43) - Box 32

Publications: Four Stories About Aboriginal Australians in Queensland, 1973 (File 44) - Box 32

Publications: The Future of the Australian Aboriginal, 1972 (File 45) - Box 32

Publications: Government Expenditure on Aboriginal Programs, 1985-86 (File 46) - Box 33

Publications: Land claim by Alyawarra and Kaititja, 1979 (File 47) - Box 33

Publications: The Land, the People : a Submission by the Aboriginal Development Commission to the Western Australia Aboriginal Land Inquiry, 1983 (File 48) - Box 33

Publications: Listen to the Aborigines, 1973 (File 49) - Box 33

Publications: The Mission and Peppimenarti : an Economic Study of Two Daly River Aboriginal Communities, 1985 (File 50) - Box 33

Publications: National Trachoma Eye Health Program of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, 1980 (File 51) - Box 33

Publications: The North-West of Western Australia, 1959 (File 52) - Box 33

Publications: Northern Territory of Australia. Ordinance to Provide for the Training and Employment of Wards, 1953 (File 53) - Box 33

Publications: Official Hansard Report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs (Reference: Aboriginal Health),26 September1978 (File 54) - Box 33

Publications: A People's History of Portland and District. Section 1: TheAborigines, 1975 (File 55) - Box 33

Publications: The Port Keats Story, 1973 (File 56) - Box 33

Publications: Progress Towards Assimilation : Aboriginal Welfare in the Northern Territory, 1960 (File 57) - Box 33

Publications: Proposal for Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act to Cover Incitement to Racial Hatred and Racial Defamation, 1984 (File 58) - Box 33

Publications: Queensland. The Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Acts, 1939-46 (File 59) - Box 33

Publications: The Queensland Aborigines Act and Regulations, 1971 (File 60) - Box 33

Publications: The Queensland Acts : Australia's Apartheid Laws?, 1979 (File 61) - Box 33

Publications: Ranger Uranium Project Agreement Under Section 44 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act, 1976 Between the Commonwealthof Australia and the Northern Land Council (File 62) - Box 33

Publications: The Story of Tasmanian Aboriginals, 1970 (File 63) - Box 33

Publications: Submission by Northern Land Council to the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on the Borrolooola Region Land Claim, Sept. 1977 (File 64) - Box 33

Publications: Submission by Northern Land Council to the Joint Select Committeeon Aboriginal Land Rights in the Northern Territory, Part 1, 1977 (File 65) - Box 33

Publications: Taxation of Mining Industry Profits, 1977 (File 66) - Box 33

Series 16. Foreign Affairs Research Specialist, Parliamentary Library, 1978-80

In 1978 Harris was appointed as a researcher in the Parliamentary Library, but resigned in March 1980 over a dispute with the Parliamentary Librarian, Harold Weir. The grievance was raised in Parliament and Harris subsequently sued Weir for defamation. Documented in this series are correspondence, clippings and extracts from Hansard relating to the dispute.

Correspondence; memoranda by Harris to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Senate (File 1) - Box 33

Address book (File 2) - Box 33

Background briefing paper prepared by Harris on Afghanistan (File 3) - Box 34

Background briefing papers prepared by Harris on human rights in Australia, racial conflict and discrimination in South Africa and Australia, and the Lebanese conflict (File 4) - Box 34

Daily Hansard, House of Representatives and Senate, 15 April 1980; Daily Hansard, Senate, 23 April 1980 (File 5) - Box 34

Press cuttings; background information (File 6) - Box 34

Series 17. Senior Editorial Writer, The Canberra Times, 1980-84

Between 1980 and 1984 Harris was employed by The Canberra Times as a leader and feature writer. A number of his articles written in support of the Builders' Labourers' Federation were published as a collection in 1982.

Correspondence and clippings; The BLF : a personal view, 1982 (File 1) - Box 34

Clippings (File 2_3) - Box 34

Series 18. Freelance Journalism, 1984-93

Following his retirement as a reporter, Harris continued to write articles on a freelance basis and gained employment on contract as an interviewer for the National Library of Australia's oral history program. In addition, in the late 1980s, Harris undertook contract work for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), preparing articles for Australian and international journals and papers on issues of importance to the Centre, including answering international criticism against eucalyptus plantings. In this period he pursued a number of other interests including involvement in the peace movement.

Other papers relating to the discovery of Eucalyptus recurva on Half Moon Farm are filed in Series 23.

Correspondence, 1986-92 (File 1) - Box 35

Correspondence, 1993-94 (File 2) - Box 35

Correspondence, 1992-94 and 1974 article about Francis James, Australian journalist and prisoner of the Chinese (File 3) - Box 35

Typescripts (File 4) - Box 35

Newspaper clippings (File 5) - Box 35

Journal articles, including pieces for the ANU Reporter, 1985 and Australian Society, 1989-90 (File 6) - Box 35

Journal and other articles, 1992-93 (File 7) - Box 35

Letters, notes, prepared whilst contracted to ACIAR; ACIAR annual report, 1987/88 (File 8) - Box 35

Articles, notes regarding international eucalypt plantings and discovery of Eucalyptus recurva (File 9) - Box 36

Brochures, pamphlets collected relating to the peace movement (File 10) - Box 36

Southern Africa Support Campaign in Australia poster headed 'March 21 is Sharpeville Day', published 1985 (File 11) - Folio-Box 1

News Fair Facts : the Australian Print Media Industry, 1992 (File 12) - Box 36

Series 19. Influential Persons Delegation, China, 1984

In 1984 a delegation of influential Australians from cultural, academic, press and local government backgrounds was invited on a two week tour of the People's Republic of China. The visit was coordinated by the Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (YOUXIE) in association with the Australia-China Friendship Society. Harris was included in the delegation as the A.C.T. representative and whilst in Peking made contact with the local office of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Correspondence, notes, clippings, maps, brochures (File 1) - Box 36

Photographs (File 2) - Box 36

Background reading on the topics of China and nuclear proliferation: Working Paper (Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre) nos. 4, 17, 32, 41, 50, 51, 61, 72 and Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence, no. 26 (File 3) - Box 36

Series 20. Palestinian Dispute

After reporting for The Times on the Israel-Arab conflict in 1967 Harris maintained an interest in Middle-Eastern affairs and became an advocate of Australian recognition of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Included in this series are speeches of, and correspondence with, Ali Kazak, PLO Representative for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.

Additional papers relating to contact made with the Peking office of the PLO is contained in Series 19.

Correspondence; address by Kazak to the National Press Club, 18 February 1987 (File 1) - Box 37

Typescript drafts of articles (File 2) - Box 37

Articles relating to Palestinian dispute (File 3) - Box 37

Articles relating to Palestinian dispute and PLO-Chinese relations (File 4) - Box 37

Series 21. Australian Council for Overseas AID, 1987-88

In May 1987 Harris took up a twelve month part time position as Information Officer for the Australian Council for Overseas Aid, where he oversaw production of ACFOA News and the ACFOA Development Dossier.

Correspondence; list of ACFOA campaign supporters; typescript of paper on African aid issues (File 1) - Box 37

Newspaper clippings and articles (File 2) - Box 37

Series 22. Braidwood Properties, 1963-93

In 1963 the Harris and his wife purchased a 2264 acre cattle property, known as Half Moon Farm, located in the hills near Mongarlowe, in southeast New South Wales. The property was run as a hobby farm where the Harris family spent their weekends and holidays. Following protracted negotiations the property was declared a wildlife refuge in 1968, and in 1981 a rare eucalypt, Eucalyptus recurva, was discovered there. Included in this Series are correspondence concerning mining rights and subdivision proposals, as well as documentation relating to the restoration of a stone inn situated on the property. In 1984, following the sale of their Mugga Way home, the Harrises retired to a former Anglican rectory, situated in Wilson Street, Braidwood, and used some of the garden space to develop a nursery which opened to the public in 1993.

Articles written on the topic of the discovery of Eucalyptus recurva have been filed in Series 18.

8 small notebooks, ca. 1964-1988 relating to Half Moon Farm (File 1) - Box 37

Correspondence regarding Half Moon Farm, 1963-87 (File 2_6) - Box 38

Legal and financial documents pertaining to Half Moon Farm (File 7) - Box 38

Photographs, including: Half Moon Farm; Mongarlowe gold diggings; Eucalyptus recurva (File 8) - Box 38

Title survey and subdivision maps of Half Moon Farm (File 9) - Box 39

Miscellaneous papers, including Welcome Reef Environmental Study and material regarding Half Moon Wildlife Refuge (File 10) - Box 39

Auction brochure and title plans relating to Wilson Street property; advertising pamphlet for The Braidwood Nursery (File 11_12) - Box 39

Series 23. Unpublished Children's Book All Alone at Half Moon, 1969-86

In 1969 Harris completed writing a children's book entitled All Alone At Half Moon, which was loosely based on his children's adventures on the family cattle property. Despite submission of the manuscript to publishers over a number of years, the work was never published. A shortened version of the story was printed as 'The Harrises of Half Moon' in Reader's Digest in October 1974.

Correspondence with publishers, 1969-86 (File 1) - Box 40

Typescript drafts of All Alone At Half Moon (File 2_6) - Box 40

Typescript of 'The Harrises of Half Moon', together with version published in Reader's Digest, Oct. 1974 (File 7) - Box 40

Series 24. Photographs

In this Series are filed albums containing photographs documenting the early period in Harris' life, up until his return to England in 1953. Other photographs relating to specific aspects of Harris' career and interests are filed in Series 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 19, 22, 25.

Pictures of: Harris, family and friends; Cambridge University; golfing activities; war training and service; walking trip through Scotland, English scenes; skiing holiday in Switzerland, ca. 1950 (File 1) - Box 41

Photographs documenting German postwar reconstruction, including pictures taken in Geneva, Paris, Central Europe; King Ranch, Texas and Santa Gertrudis cattle; New York, San Franciso scenes; King Ranch, Risdon and first sale of Santa Gertrudis cattle in Australia; journey by ship to Australia (File 2) - Box 41

Scenes taken when Harris worked in outback Australia, 1947-48 and whilst working as a reporter in the country in the early 1950s (File 3_4) - Box 42

Series 25. Papers Relating to Madan and Dorothy Nagrath

Stewart Harris acted as executor of his close friend Madan Nagrath's estate after the latter's death in April 1994. An Australian government journalist, Madan Nagrath was the only original Asian-born supporter of Dr Coombs' Aboriginal Treaty Committee. He and his wife Dorothy had been friends of the Harrises for almost thirty years. Dorothy Nagrath, who died in 1986, was a pioneer Australian speech therapist who had met her husband whilst working in Bombay in the early 1960s.

Diary, 1994; account book, 1992-93 of Madan Nagrath (File 1) - Box 43

Address books of Dorothy and Madan Nagrath (File 2) - Box 43

Marriage certificate; photographs of Dorothy and Madan Nagrath and Mobie Genaboro, beneficiary of their wills; patient record and death certificate of Dorothy Nagrath; correspondence and obituaries concerning the death of Dorothy Nagrath; miscelleneous articles and papers by Dorothy Nagrath (File 3) - Box 43

Folder containing papers documenting the life of Madan Nagrath and order of service used at his funeral; letter from Madan to Dorothy Nagrath written shortly after her death (File 4) - Box 43

Manuscript of Madan Nagrath's semi-autobiographical novel Alienation (File 5) - Box 43

Series. Audiovisual

General interviews, broadcasts: Tapes (File)

11 BASF tapes in grey plastic containers - content unknown - numbered 30,32,34,35,37,38,39,40,41,42 and one unnumbered

2 BASF reels entitled 'ABC news & political meeting' - date unknown

1 BASF reel in Red Seal container entitled 'This Our Land'

1 Kodak reel in Red Seal container comprising ABC news, stockmarket reports, 'PM' radio program and parliamentary recordings

1 Sony reel in white box containing ABC interview with Stewart Harris after court judgment on his arrest during South African Springbok rugby tour, 1971

1 reel in Scotch box containing TDT (This Day Tonight) recording - no date

1 reel in white box containing recording of National Aboriginal Consultative Committee member Bruce McGuinness speaking on self determination and reply by Jim Cavanagh, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

2 reels in RCA boxes containing recording of solo round the world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester speaking in Sydney.

Harris Tape 30 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014155) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#16

Harris Tape 32 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014156) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#17

Harris Tape 34 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014157) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#18

Harris Tape 35 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014158) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#19

Harris Tape 36 - ABC news & political meeting - no date (Item NLA.MS-SAV014159) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#20

Harris Tape 37 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014160) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#21

Harris Tape 38 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014161) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#22

Harris Tape 39 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014162) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#23

Harris Tape 40 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014163) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#24

Harris Tape 41 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014164) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#25

Harris Tape 42 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014165) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#26

Sir Francis Chichester on board ship on route to New Zealand from Sydney via radio phone (Item NLA.MS-SAV014132) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, RCA cover 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)
Sir Francis Chichester on board ship on route to New Zealand from Sydney via radio phone (Item NLA.MS-SAV014133) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, RCA cover 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)
Stewart Harris interviewed by the BBC After his arrest when reporting the Adelaide rugby match between South African Springboks and South Australia 1971., 1971 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014134) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, Scotch case 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

8 - Harris was the correspondent for the Times.

ABC interview about Springbok court judgement, 1971 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014148) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 3 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#9

Aboriginal member of National Consultative Committee Bruce McGuinness speaking on self-determination and Jim Cavanagh (Minister for Aboriginal affairs)'s answer. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014149) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#10

ABC news stockmarket report. PM radio program, parliament (Item NLA.MS-SAV014150) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#11

ABC news political meeting. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014151) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#12

Peter Hall Architect 14/5/1973, 14/05/1973 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014152) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#13

This Our Land' - Book launch, Gough Whitlam, Opposition Leader in 1972. Paul Coe, Aboriginal Legal service also spoke as did Stewart Harris. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014153) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#14

[no title] (Item NLA.MS-SAV014154) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, 5 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

#15

General interviews, broadcasts: Cassettes (File)

1 Sony cassette containing recording of speech by Stewart Harris on Aboriginal rights, ANU Convocation Luncheon, 17 May 1978

7 cassettes - numbered 'Tape 32', 'Tape 33', 'Tape 33 & 34', 'Tape 34, 35', 'Tape 35 & 36', 'Tape 36' and one unnumbered

4 cassettes in plastic bag - two entitled 'This Our Land'.

Aboriginal Land Rights and other claims by Australian Aborigines: an ANU Convocation luncheon address on 17 May 1978 by Stewart Harris, introduced by Manning Clark, 17/05/1978 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014136) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Sony C90, Compact cassette tape

#27

This is our land 17 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014137) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, BASF C90, Compact cassette tape

#28

This is our land 18 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014138) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, BASF C90, Compact cassette tape

#29

This is our land 19 & 20 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014139) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, BASF C90, Compact cassette tape

#30

Tape 32 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014140) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#28

Side 3 Tape 32, Tape 33 Sides 1 & 2. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014141) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#29

Tape 33 & 34 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014142) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#30

Tape 34 & 35 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014143) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#31

Tape 35 & 36 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014144) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#32

Tape 36, Tape 33 Side 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014145) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#33

[no information] (Item NLA.MS-SAV014146) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, Compact cassette tape

#34

For demonstration - hey Jude, Fur Elise, La Bamba, Tramerei, Ta Hu Wa Hw Wai. (Item NLA.MS-SAV014147) - Cassette-Box 686
1 item, National C30, Compact cassette tape

#35

Aboriginal Leaders Speaking at the Australian National University, 1974 (File)

A series of lectures convened by Stewart Harris and attended by government ministers, diplomats, senior public servants and academics.

1 tape reel in Ampex cover containing lectures by Wandjuk Marika and Jim Lester, 12.7.74 + transcript

1 tape reel in Sony cover containing lectures by Gary Foley and Harry Penrith, 2.4.74 + transcript

2 tape reels in Sony covers containing lecture by Charles Perkins, 7.3.74 + transcript

2 tape reels in Sony covers containing lectures by Gordon Briscoe and Shirley Smith, 26.3.74 + transcript.

Charles Perkins Tape 1 HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, Canberra 07/03/1974, 7/03/1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014126) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Sony 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

4-Jan

Charles Perkins Tape 2 HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, Canberra 07/03/1974, 7/03/1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014127) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Sony 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

4-Feb

Gordon Briscoe / Shirley Smith Tape 1 HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, Canberra 26/03/1974, 26/03/1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014128) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Sony 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

5-Jan

Gordon Briscoe / Shirley Smith Tape 2 HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, Canberra 26/03/1974, 26/03/1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014129) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Sony 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

5-Feb

Gary Foley / Harry Penrith HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, Canberra 02/04/1974, 2/04/1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014130) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, Sony 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)
Wandjuk Marika / Jim Lester HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU, Canberra 12/07/1974, 12/07/1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014131) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002
1 item, Sony 7 inch reel, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Aboriginal Cape York Land Council Conference, 26-28 April 1994 (File)

1 cassette containing record of meeting between Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and traditional owners to discuss joint management of the reef + transcript.

Winning control of Sea Country - a report of the GBRMPA/CYLC Pajinka Meeting by Alastair Harris, Apr-94 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014135) - Cassette-Box 685
1 item, Compact cassette tape

Includes voice of Noel Pearson


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