Correspondence with Kath Walker/Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1966-84

Containers:

Box 64

Component identifier:

File 470

Content Summary:

Includes 53 letters from Walker and 21 carbon and fair copies of letters by Wright. Also includes a further 42 items of related correspondence, both personal and official in original and copy, and other material. Notable correspondents include Charles Perkins, Dennis Walker (Kath's son), Katrina Smith, Jean Battersby, Al Grassby, the Australian Society of Authors, the National Aboriginal Cultural and Educational Centre, the Office of the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Other related items include an 11 page carbon typescript of Wright's account of the Moongalba Museum/Art Gallery - 'An island meeting place'; an inscribed corrected typescript of the poem 'Sister Poet' written by Walker for Wright with Wright's response in carbon typescript attached; and material related to Oodgeroo's participation in a Fullbright Scheme based at Bloomsburg State College, Pennsylvania.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were acquired from Judith Wright in a number of instalments, the first of which was received in 1978. In 2002 and 2005, further papers were acquired from Wright's daughter, Meredith McKinney. In 2005, a small consignment of papers, consisting of autobiographical material given to Patricia Clarke by Wright in 2000, was received from Patricia Clarke.

Names:

Judith Wright

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