Correspondence - Matters related to Australian First Nations Peoples (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples), 1983-1998
- Containers:
- Box 46 (MS Acc21.014)
- Component identifier:
- File 190
- Content Summary:
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Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice:Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file includes content that may be distressing and/or culturally sensitive, particularly the possibility of outdated language in research material and other papers.
Includes correspondence and other papers related to various Australian First Nations communities, including letters regarding "The Sorry Books", written by non-Indigenous authors in collaboration with Indigenous peoples, letters written by Mattingley to the then Prime Minister John Howard, and letters regarding the Wik Decision.
- 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.
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2708284).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2708284).
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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