MS 2296

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• SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

• RELATED WORKS

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Closed Access - Depositor's permission. Closed copying and quotation – Depositor’s and Principal’s permission [Access code A3a B1].

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Date range: 1970-1974

Extent: .18 metres (1 box)

This collection consists of three bound volumes of typescript journal entries and field notes, by Bruce Shaw, on the township of Kununurra. These were deposited in AIATSIS Library by Shaw in the late 1970s.

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Bruce Shaw was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1941 and studied social anthropology at the University of Western Australia in the 1960s. His acquaintanceship with several Indigenous Australians in 1970 kindled his interest in recording their memories and in 1973 he began collecting life stories. For six years Shaw was a lecturer in social anthropology at the Darwin Community College (now University of the Northern Territory).

Reference:

When the dust come between: Aboriginal viewpoints in the East Kimberley prior to 1982, as told to Bruce Shaw. Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1992

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RELATED WORKS

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In addition to this collection, the Library holds a number of other manuscript collections, published articles and books by Bruce Shaw. 

Other related material can be found by consulting the Institute’s Mura® online catalogue.

All audiovisual material compiled by Shaw was transferred to the Audiovisual Archives. To access any of this material contact the Audiovisual Archives

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This collection of three bound volumes includes journal notes of observations by Bruce Shaw that were part of a socio-political survey of people of Australian Aboriginal descent living in Kununurra, East Kimberley, 1970-74