[Victorian Aboriginal Group - Receipts, Donations and Correspondence]

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Accession[1987.0162] Papers of the Leeper FamilyIdentifierUMA-ITE-1987016200086Scope and ContentMixed documents of the Victorian Aboriginal Group. Includes correspondence, receipts, envelopes and documentation of donations. Selection of materials include [not exhaustive]: correspondence [handwritten letter] from Ruth Wall of Mitchell River Mission addressed to Valentine Leeper [dated 29 March 1948], discussing the children, in particular Australian Aboriginal children and their activities at the Mission, including dancing, corroboree, walkabout, hunting, and the verbal transmission of legends from the children (for example the Rainbow Snake); a second handwritten letter from Ruth Wall of Mitchell River Mission addressed to Miss Brown [dated 24 October 1951], sending thanks for a donation of "wildlife" magazines and discussing the Australian Aboriginal childrens' growing interest in nature and visual art, as well as a trip to Missions at Thursday Island (discussion of Torres Strait Islander peoples), Edward River, Weips, Aurukun; Receipt and correspondence [dated 12 June 1956] from the Australian Board of Missions regarding a donation with mention of a film being made of the Lockhart River Aboriginal Co-ooperative and School; Handwritten letter from United Aborigines Mission, Mt Margaret, to Valentine Leeper [6 November 1946] discussing children and schooling.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1987.0162 Unit 0004

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CreatorLeeper FamilyRoleProvenance

Dates

Date1937-1956

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Previous System ID1987.0162.00086

Subjects

SubjectAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesAboriginal AustraliansChildrenDance - Recreational - CorroboreeEducationFood - Bush tuckerPolitics and Government - Elections - Voting rightsRacial discriminationReligion - Dreaming - Rainbow SerpentReligions - Christianity - MissionsSubject (Place)Mount Margaret Mission Mitchell River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-15, SD54-16, SE54-06, SE55-01)Thursday Island map area (Qld TSI SC54-11) Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)

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