Field Notebooks and Research Material Relating to First Nations Peoples in Queensland [Adolphus Peter (AP) Elkin] (Series 725)

Due to the nature of the records, the Archives reserves the right to restrict, limit or refuse access to any item/s without prior notice, on the basis of personal privacy or out of respect for the rights and/or beliefs of First Nations people in accordance with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library, Information and Resource Network (ATSILIRN) protocols.

This series contains Elkin's notebooks on genealogy, language, and geology, as well as photographs, maps, personal diaries, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, copies of published and unpublished journal articles, and other research material dealing with First Nations communities and peoples in Queensland.

The items in this series include material such as field notebooks, Cherbourg, 1943 to 1946, Waka Waka, Jagara, Kabi Kabi, Darumbul; Queensland North, Woorabinda, Palm Island, Cape York Peninsula; notes on Yarrabah Mission; papers and correspondence; and descriptive notes of films of Indigenous dances in the Weipa area made by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 

Note that the records were sorted by the Department of Anthropology into artificial series based on subject prior to their deposit in the Archives in 1983. See biographical note for further details.