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The collection comprises correspondence, reports, conference papers, research material and newspaper and journal articles, mainly relating to Coomb's involvement with the Aboriginal community and his support of many Aboriginal causes. Also included are papers produced while Coombs was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University, papers relating to the Australian Council for the Arts, personal papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, files of biographical material and correspondence with Christina Stead.