Consignment received 2021, 1940 - 2019

Component identifier:

Class MS Acc21.014

Extent:

(86 ms boxes + 4 folio boxes + 32 digital carriers + 32 audiovisual carriers)

Content Summary:

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this consignment contains names, discussion and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive. Other content that may be distressing and/or culturally sensitive, includes material relating to British nuclear tests at Maralinga and its impact on the local Aṉangu peoples, Aboriginal Veterans, the referendum for Constitutional Recognition for First Nations Peoples, the Hindmarsh Island Bridge, the response to the result of Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland (Wik Decision) which related to native title rights, discussion and first hand accounts of the displacement of indigenous people, issues in the Anglican Murri Church/community (South Brisbane), Reconciliation, the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement regarding the Parliamentary Forum on Nuclear Testing at Maralinga, the Maralinga Piling Trust, research material for Mattingley's books with interviews with, and discussions of, first nations people including the Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, and references to Yvonne Edwards and her family.This consignment contains images of Uluru which may contain ceremonial and/or gender specific material for the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people.

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice: This consignment contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples, specifically First Nations artwork and Languages including, examples of First Nations artwork on the façade of school buildings in Bamyili (Barunga), Northern Territory, art produced by Aṉangu people, artists from the Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Yalata artist Yvonne Edwards and South Australian artist Winnie Bamara. First Nations languages including Pitjantjatjara, Narrunga, Kaurna, and Yankunytjatjara. Aṉangu, Yura, Maralinga Tjarutja, and Yalata community languages.

This consignment comprises; Manuscripts, correspondence, research material and other related material for various published works including; Maralinga: The Aṉangu Story; Survival in Our Own Land: "Aboriginal" Experiences in "South Australia" Since 1836; Our Mob, God's Story: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Share Their Faith; King of the Wilderness: The Life of Deny King; and Battle Order 204: A Bomber Pilot's Story.

Manuscripts and related research material for various unpublished works.

Articles, reviews and other material relating to Mattingley's work.

Photographs, notebooks, certificates and awards.

Correspondence between Mattingley and her family, friends, and professional contacts.

Manuscripts, sample covers, correspondence relating to Mattingley's children's books, both published and unpublished.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers at MS 8290 were purchased from Christobel Mattingley in several instalments between 1990 and 1994. Further papers were received in 2002, 2012, 2015 and 2021.

Extent information:

14.7 metres,

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