AIATSIS Library Catalogue Manuscript Finding Aid Index Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Library MS 3775 C.D. Rowley, Personal and professional papers and records of Aboriginal household surveys 1937-1986 CONTENTS COLLECTION SUMMARY……………………………….…………...... page 3 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY STATEMENT…………………………..... page 3 ACCESS TO COLLECTION…………………………………………… page 4 COLLECTION OVERVIEW…………………………….……………..... page 5 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE………………………………………………… page 6 SERIES DESCRIPTION………………………………………………... page 9 Awards Series 1 Awards, honours and related papers, 1949-1985 Journals, field notes and diaries Series 2 Journal, field notebooks, diaries and related papers, 1949-1980 Correspondence and related papers Series 3 General, 1937-1980 Series 4 Australian School of Pacific Administration, 1956-1961 Series 5 Aborigines in Australian Society, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) project, 1963-1969 Series 6 Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, 1974-1984 Series 7 Aboriginal Land Fund Commission, 1974-1980 Series 8 Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National University, correspondence and related papers, 1980-1981 Series 9 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS), 1977-1985 Series 10 Aboriginal Treaty Committee (ATC), 1978-1984 MS 3775: C.D. Rowley, Personal and professional papers and records of Aboriginal household surveys, 1937-1986 Series 11 Sundry, 1965-1981 Research project files Series 12 UNESCO Mission on Adult & Workers’ Education to S-E Asia, 1954-55 Series 13 Aborigines in Australian Society project (SSRC), 1961-1964 Series 14 Act of Free Choice, Irian Jaya, 1969 Series 15 Bougainville Local Government Councils, 1969-1977 Series 16 German New Guinea, Papua, Papua and New Guinea, 1913-1975 Series 17 Further research on Aborigines in Australian society, 1963-1980 Conference, seminar and course records Series 18 Conference, seminar and course records, 1956-1979 Published and unpublished papers and submissions Series 19 Submissions to Royal Commissions and other inquiries, 1971-1976 Series 20 Book reviews (by Rowley and of Rowley’s works), 1959-1976 Series 21 Published & unpublished research papers by C.D. Rowley, 1939-1986 Series 22 Collected papers on Aboriginal affairs, PNG, & related matters, 1899-87 Aboriginal Household Surveys. Restricted access. Series 23 Aboriginal Household Survey, NSW, 1963-1964. Series 24 Aboriginal Households Survey, NSW and SA, 1965: administrative papers Series 25 Aboriginal Household & Dwelling Survey, NSW, 1965: survey returns Series 26 Aboriginal Household & Dwelling Survey, SA, 1965: survey returns Series 27 Aboriginal Household & Dwelling Survey, NSW, 1965: data entry sheets Series 28 Aboriginal Household & Dwelling Survey, NSW & SA, 1965: data sheets Series 29 Aboriginal Households Survey, NSW & SA, 1965: data entry sheets Series 30 Labour Survey, Pastoral Stations, WA, 1965: survey returns, etc. Series 31 Survey of Aboriginal Households in Sydney suburbs, 1965: survey returns Series 32 Survey of 100 Aboriginal families in Sydney, 1966: data sheets etc. Series 33 Survey of Aboriginal households in NSW, 1980: administrative records Series 34 Survey of Aboriginal households in NSW, 1980: survey returns Series 35 Aboriginal Households Survey, Sydney, 1984: administrative records Series 36 Aboriginal Households Survey, Sydney, 1984: survey returns Series 37 Aboriginal Households Survey, Sydney, 1984: computer printout BOX LIST…………………………………………………………………page 137 Back to top 2 MS 3775: C.D. Rowley, Personal and professional papers and records of Aboriginal household surveys, 1937-1986 COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: Charles Dunford Rowley Title: Rowley Collection: personal papers Collection no: MS 3775 Date Range: 1937-1986 Extent: 131 archives boxes; 26.2 shelf metres Repository: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies CULTURAL SENSITIVITY STATEMENT It is a condition of use of this finding aid, and of the collection described in it, that users ensure that any use of the information contained in it is sympathetic to the views and sensitivities of relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This includes: Language Users are warned that this finding Aid may contain words and descriptions which may be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Terms and descriptions which reflect the author’s attitude, or that of the period in which the manuscript was written, and which may be considered inappropriate today in some circumstances, may also be used. Deceased persons Users of this finding aid should be aware that, in some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, seeing images of deceased persons in photographs, film and books or hearing them in recordings etc may cause sadness or distress and, in some cases, offend against strongly held cultural prohibitions. Back to top 3 MS 3775: C.D. Rowley, Personal and professional papers and records of Aboriginal household surveys, 1937-1986 ACCESS TO COLLECTION Access and use conditions Materials listed in this finding aid may be subject to access conditions imposed by Indigenous communities and/or depositors. Users are advised that access to some materials may be subject to these terms and conditions which the Institute is required to maintain. C.D. Rowley’s papers personal and research papers in this collection (Series 1-22) are open for access and for copying for research purposes (R1;C1a). Access to the household survey questionnaire returns (Series 23-37), holding personal information about individuals and families surveyed, is closed (A2; B1): the Library Director’s permission is required for access, copying and quotation. Copying and quotation Copying of, and quoting from, unpublished material may be subject to the conditions determined by the depositor of the manuscripts. In accordance with the Copyright Act 1968, Section 51, materials are only provided for private study and use. This collection may be used in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968; the depositor has placed no conditions on use of this collection. Obtaining access, copying and quotation permissions In cases where these permissions are required they must be obtained in writing and must be signed. Further information can be found on the AIATSIS website on the Ordering collection items page. Contact Collections staff for further information. Although Manuscripts are not available on Interlibrary loan, they may be available via document supply (photocopying), subject to access conditions, if they are already digitized. Email Collections Staff or telephone +61 2 6246 1182 Preferred citation Items from this collection should be cited as C.D. Rowley, Papers and Aboriginal household surveys, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, MS 3775, Series [insert number], Item [insert number]. Back to top 4 MS 3775: C.D. Rowley, Personal and professional papers and records of Aboriginal household surveys, 1937-1986 COLLECTION OVERVIEW Scope and content note This record group of Charles Rowley’s papers is divided into two main sections: Rowley’s personal and professional papers; and records of surveys of Aboriginal households carried out under Rowley’s auspices. Rowley’s personal and professional papers are arranged chronologically, as far as possible following the course of his career. The main record series are Rowley’s journals and field notes, his correspondence, research project papers, his own published and unpublished manuscripts, and the documents that he collected. Rowley stated that his field of scholarship was ‘in colonial and Australian social history and politics, specializing in the area of race relations’ (Rowley to Birrell, c.1984, draft, MS 3775/9/14). Rowley’s papers document his research on the administration of Indigenous affairs in Papua New Guinea, South-East Asia and North America, as well as in Australia. They cover a broad range of subjects, but focus on living conditions of Australian Aborigines (on settlements and reserves, in country towns and in urban environments), labour relations and land rights. Rowley’s papers also record aspects of the policies and programs of the institutions that he worked for, the Australian School of Pacific Administration, the Social Science Research Council, the University of Papua New Guinea, and Aboriginal Land Fund Commission, and the ANU and AIAS, and his interactions with colleagues at those institutions and elsewhere. The second section of this record group holds records of surveys of living conditions of Aboriginal families, consisting of administrative papers, detailed questionnaire returns, and some data entry sheets. The first series of surveys were made in NSW, SA, and WA, in the mid 1960s as part of the study of Aborigines in Australian society, directed by Rowley, under the auspices of the Social Science Research Council of Australia1. Follow-up surveys carried out in NSW in country towns in 1980 and in Sydney in 1984, aimed at establishing what changes had occurred over the intervening years, were made with financial and administrative support from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, the Commonwealth Department of Education, and assistance from the Australian National University and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Provenance Part of the collection was deposited in the AIATSIS Library by Professor Rowley prior to his death, and the remainder transferred to AIATSIS after his death in 1985, with the permission of his widow,