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

Component identifier:

Series 15

Content Summary:

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.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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.

Names:

Stewart Harris

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