Correspondence, Newspaper Articles, Language, Genealogies - Forrest River Mission, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

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Three bundles of papers containing correspondence and newspaper clippings primarily concerning Forrest River Mission and social issues in Kalgoorlie and Northern Queensland.

Bundle 1, 16 pp correspondence between AP Elkin and Phyllis Kaberry, The Australian Board of Missions and L Wood dating 26/06/1928-15/06/1934.

Bundle 2, two newspaper clippings, one titled 'Forrest River Mission. Bishop Frewer's Eulogy', the other 'Native Woman Speared. Four Blacks sentenced to Death', The Australian 30/11/32.

Bundle 3, 3 pp: Letter from Mary Burnett to Mr Morley enclosing typescript copies of newspaper articles about Aboriginals and half-castes issues, namely 3 articles from The West Australian 9, 17, 21/11/1932 and 1 from the Kalgoorlie Miner 30/11/1932 re Wyndham murder and one brief excerpt from a letter sent from Northern Queensland regarding antagonism toward 2 local missionaries by the local Aboriginals over money in Normanton.

Loose papers: 22 pp, loose leaf: 9 pages of correspondence between AP Elkin and Patricia Gregory; Reverend John Best, dated 1946-1947, and 13 pages of language notes and genealogies of Forrest River Peoples, 2 of these pages consist of notes written by Elkin on a Diocese of Armidale publication and a State Shipping Services Menu, most likely 1927-28.51

Places: Western Australia, The Kimberley, Forrest River, Lyne River, Kalgoorlie, northern Queensland, Normanton, Wyndham.