Aboriginal art correspondence re Australian Aboriginal Art and education

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Accession[1988.0061] PAPERS OF FRANCES DERHAMIdentifierUMA-ITE-1988006100546Scope and ContentIncludes the following articles from The Age: 27 July 1970 'East arm means hope to lepers' by Michael Richardson about the impact of leprosy and foreign diseases on Aboriginal people; 5 September 1974 'Aboriginie on move, back to old ways' by Michelle Grattan describing the "decentralisation" movement of Aboriginal people, as small groups have broken away from missions in Amata and Papunya to live on Country; 1 October 1983 'Aboriginal children more observant, with better memories, says academic' by Kerry Wakefield describing advanced cognitive abilities of Aboriginal children, referencing Dr Judith Kearins; 1 January 1984 'From the heat and the dust of the desert, precious Aboriginal paintings come to the Arts Centre' by John Lahey describing Aboriginal art collected from the Western Desert (Papunya, Alice Springs and Kintore), featuring photo of artist Watuma from Kintore and painting by Tommy Lowry Tjapltjarri; 28 February 1984 'Coming to terms with the country' by Anna Murdoch describing Richard Davey's new play 'Broken Dreams' about the relationship between Europeans and Aboriginal people in Tasmania; 10 April 1984 'Ancient method, modern message' by Anna Murdoch describing a new exhibition of Aboriginal art by Trevor Nickolls at Piaf Gallery, featuring photo of him with artwork; 11 July 1984 'Namatjira in his own landscape' by Patrick McCaughey describing the life and art of Albert Namatjira, includes photo of Namatjira painting alongside a young girl in central Australia; 14 July 1984 'Black man of the moon, white man of the sun' by Anna Murdoch describing Aboriginal artist Dick Roughsey, includes painting of Aboriginal tribe and cave art by Dick Roughsey from Percy Trezise's children's book 'Turramulli The Giant Quinkin', and photo of these two artists; 5 November 1984 'Chipping away at the Aboriginal myths' by Tim Thwaites describing settlement at Lake Condah (western Victoria), featuring sketch of an Aboriginal eel basket, map of Lake Condah, photo of Aboriginal ranger at the Lake Condah Mission Mr John King, and artwork of Aboriginal tribe utilising eel traps by Mike Wilkin. Includes correspondence between Frances Derham and the general secretary of the Australian Presbyterian Board of Missions 26 August 1952 describing the contents of the new book set 'First Australians', and requesting missions adopt the set to teach Aboriginal residents; includes correspondence between Lady Lavarack and Frances Derham 22 October 1952 about the success of 'The First Australian's First Book'; includes constitution for the National Association for the Advancement of the Native Race 31 October 1952; includes list of items taken to the Women's College Melbourne University for an exhibition to establish scholarships for Aboriginal students 1953, including water-colour and drawings by Otto Pareroultja and Edwin Pareroultja from Hermannsburg, bark and finger painting, photos, translation of the Lord's prayer, and painting by L. Yunkaporta from Aurukun; includes label listing country, title, name and age of Herbert Yunkaporta, an Aboriginal boy (1957) from Aurukun mission; includes correspondence between Frances Derham and G. M. Maxwell from the University of Adelaide 22 May 1969 about the abilities and mental growth of Aboriginal children; includes catalogue of the 'Exhibition of Aboriginal art and craft' by the National Union of Australian University Students, describing bark paintings, Aboriginal child art, Mount William stone quarry and Aboriginal motifs, and includes sketches of spears, boomerang and figures; includes correspondence between A. Fabinyi and J. F. Williams (no date) about the potential nation-wide use of the book 'First Australians', a set of readers specifically for teaching English to Aboriginal children.Access StatusOpen for public accessAccess ConditionsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this item may contain images or names of deceased persons in photographs or printed material.
Some material may contain terms that reflect authors' views, or those of the period in which the item was written or recorded but may not be considered appropriate today. These views are not necessarily the views of the University of Melbourne. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.Request TypeRequest unitUnit1988.0061 Unit 0030

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CreatorDerham, FrancesRoleProvenance

Dates

Date14 July 1944-5 November 1984

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Previous System ID1988.0061.00546

Subjects

SubjectAboriginal AustraliansArt - Artists - EducationArt - DrawingArt - ExhibitionsArt - PaintingArt - Painting - BarkArt - Rock artEducation - Language - English - Readers and primersIndigenous AustraliansLiterature and stories - PlaysReligions - Christianity - MissionsSubject (Place)Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14)Cape York map area (Qld TSI SC54-12)Tasmania (Tas)Papunya (South Central NT SF52-16)Walangkura / Kintore (South Central NT SF52-15)Tae Rak / Lake Condah (W Vic SJ54-11)Amata / Tjungutu Uwankaraaku (SA Central Australia SG52-12)Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)AurukunJowalbinna (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)

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Aboriginal art correspondence re Australian Aboriginal Art and education