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Case history notebooks by Bruce C. Shaw Closed access for reading, copying and quotation – Depositor’s and Principal’s permission [Access code A3a B1]. Date range: 1970 Extent: .02 metres (1 folder) This collection consists of notes by Bruce Shaw on the township of Kununurra. The notes were photocopied from a series of notebooks entitled ‘Case histories’ and bound into one brown covered volume (111 leaves). This volume was deposited in AIATSIS Library by Shaw the late 1970s. 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 Important: Before you click on the link to Shaw's works, please read our sensitivity message 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 Finding Aid compiled by J.E. Kirkham, April 2005 |