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MS 2995
Papers of
Jack Waterford
ACCESS
Open access for reading. Copying permitted for private study [Access code
R1 C1a].
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Date range: 1973-1982
Extent: .72 metres (4 boxes)
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
John (Jack) Edward O'Brien Waterford was born in
Coonamble, NSW on 12 February 1952. He was educated at St Joseph's
College, Hunter's Hill, Sydney and later graduated from the Australian
National University with a Bachelor of Laws. He joined the staff of the
Canberra Times in 1972 and from 1973 has worked as a journalist with that
newspaper.
From 1977-79 he took leave of absence from The
Canberra Times to work with the
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, and later as researcher and
report-writer for the National Trachoma and Eye Health Programme.
Since 1972 Waterford has written extensively on
Australian Indigenous issues. For a listing of this material held by
AIATSIS Library see the Mura® online catalogue.
He was appointed Editor of the Canberra Times in
1995.
Reference:
Who's who in Australia 2000, Melbourne, Information
Australia, 1999
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SERIES
LIST
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SERIES
DESCRIPTION
Health
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Item |
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1 |
Regional health services. |
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2 |
Health correspondence, 1977-1982 |
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3 |
Health general. Comprises news releases and accounts
of general ill health among Aboriginal Australians |
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4 |
National Trachoma and Eye Health Programme. Telexes,
correspondence, minutes of meetings (1979) and an interview with Jimmy
Lester, 1980 |
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5 |
National Trachoma and Eye Health Programme draft
report. Incomplete |
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6 |
Statistics and demographic findings |
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7 |
Papers written by Jack Waterford on Aboriginal health
with hand-written corrections and several pages of notes |
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Social
welfare
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Item |
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8 |
Housing. Includes correspondence from Beagle Bay,
copy of 'Community housing services charges. D.A.A.1977', report on Wattie Creek and media releases from Aboriginal
Hostels Ltd. |
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9 |
Employment |
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10 |
Education |
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11 |
Culture/language |
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12 |
Community relations. Mainly press releases by
Australian Association of Social Workers 1975, Law Reform Commission
1977 and Human Rights Commission. Also some correspondence |
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13 |
Alcohol and drugs. Includes Glen Pines report; copy
of Neville Perkins re. Glen Helen Lodge; and comments by Tangentyere Council
on the Northern Territory Government's new ‘grog’ laws |
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14 |
Aboriginal Communities. Includes articles on the
bombing of Quail Island, and telexes from Shorty O'Neill, Palm Island,
Myrna Jerome, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Yarrabah
Community, Kalano Farm, and Rachel Cummins |
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15 |
Legal Aid. Includes notes in support of application
for legal aid in the Huckitta Appeal and associated correspondence;
printout of story on Huckitta murder, press releases by the Central
Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (C.A.A.L.A.S.) re police
brutality, 1980; and 1976 report on legal aid services to Indigenous
Australians |
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16 |
'Utopia'. Handwritten pages kept by Peter Murphy
referring to Alliwarra men, n.d. |
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Land rights
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Item |
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17 |
Treaty. Includes draft private members bill on land
rights in Western Australia with notes from Dr H.C. Coombs and
Professor C.D. Rowley |
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18 |
Land Councils, 1977-1982. Includes papers, press
releases and telexes from North Queensland Land Council, Kimberley Land
Council, Victorian Aboriginal Land Council and Federation of Land
Councils |
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19 |
Australian Council of Churches. Material on general
support for land rights including opinions on land Acts by heads of
churches, and Australian Council of Churches newsletters |
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20 |
Commonwealth Games protest. Includes press releases
by Aboriginal organisations, and policy statement by the Black Protest
Committee |
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21 |
Northern Territory, 1976-82. Includes statement by
The Hon. E.G. Whitlam, 1976, entitled 'Aboriginal land rights in jeopardy';
statements by Aboriginal Land Commissioner; press statements on the Finnis River land claim; and media releases by Australian Mining
Industry Council and others |
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22 |
Queensland, 1975-82. Includes material on the Aurukun
and Mornington Island dispute; statements by I. Vines, Aurukun Council
and supporting correspondence from various Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Australian groups; and press releases from the National Aboriginal
Congress and others |
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23 |
Western Australia, 1975-82. Includes material on
'Noonkembah' and Swan River communities |
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24 |
General. Mainly press statements/releases and
newsletters on Indigenous issues relating to the states of New South
Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, 1976-82. Also includes
first draft of ‘Proposed policy guidelines for land acquisition’,
written by Jack Waterford, and ‘History of land claims by Tasmanian
Aborigines’, by Michael Mansell |
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Government departments
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Item |
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25 |
Media releases on Aboriginal health issues, 1973-81 |
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26 |
Media releases on housing, employment, and community
relations, 1978-82. Incomplete |
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27 |
Media releases on land rights and mining |
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28 |
Ministerial correspondence - Senator Peter Baume,
1980 (Incomplete); January-March 1981 |
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29 |
Ministerial correspondence - Senator Peter Baume,
April-June 1981 |
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30 |
Ministerial correspondence - Senator Peter Baume,
July-December 1981 |
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31 |
Ministerial correspondence - Senator Peter Baume and
Ian Wilson, January-December 1982 |
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32 |
Miscellaneous. Includes material on land
rights/mining, housing, employment, general, 1971-81 |
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Department of Aboriginal Affairs – Community profiles
Copy of profile questionnaire, 1979
Copies of community profiles (approx. 100) from all
states, except Tasmania, 1976 and 1977
1 box
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BOX LIST
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Box |
Series |
Items |
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1 |
Health |
1-7 |
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Social welfare |
8-16 |
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2 |
Land rights |
17-24 |
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3 |
Government departments |
25-32 |
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4 |
Department of Aboriginal Affairs Community profiles |
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Guide compiled by J. Seccombe 2001. Updated January 2004
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