AIATSIS Collections Catalogue Manuscript Finding aid index Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ___________________________________________________________________ MS 4457 Papers of Jack Davis Contents COLLECTION SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 4 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY STATEMENT ............................................................................................. 4 ACCESS TO COLLECTION ............................................................................................................... 4 COLLECTION OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 5 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ................................................................................................................... 8 SERIES DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................................ 11 Series 1 Correspondence – General, 1972-2000 ......................................................................... 11 Series 2 Correspondence – Invitations, 1987-2001 ..................................................................... 12 Series 3 Plays – 'Barungin', 1987-88 ............................................................................................ 14 Series 4 Plays – ‘The Biter Bit’ ...................................................................................................... 15 Series 5 Plays – ‘The Dreamers’ ................................................................................................... 16 Series 6 Plays – ‘The Drovers boy’ ............................................................................................... 18 Series 7 Plays – ‘The good health circus’ ..................................................................................... 19 Series 8 Plays – ‘Honey Spot’ ....................................................................................................... 19 Series 9 Plays – ‘In our town’ ....................................................................................................... 20 Series 10 Plays – 'Kullark (Home)' .................................................................................................. 23 Series 11 Plays – 'Moorli and the Leprechaun' .............................................................................. 23 MS 4457 Papers of Jack Davis Series 12 Plays – ‘No sugar’ ........................................................................................................... 25 Series 13 Plays – ‘Wahngin Country’ ............................................................................................. 27 Series 14 Puppet plays – ‘The Rainmakers’ ................................................................................... 28 Series 15 Puppet plays – ‘Widartji’, 1988 ...................................................................................... 29 Series 16 Film/Video – ‘Conspiracy of silence’, 1989 .................................................................... 30 Series 17 Film / Video – ‘Do everything with pride’ ...................................................................... 32 Series 18 Film / Video – ‘Let’s beat the grog: no more blame, no more shame’. ......................... 33 Series 19 Film / Video – ‘Racism and the Equal Opportunity Act’, 1986 ....................................... 33 Series 20 Film / Video – ‘So you’d better get your licence’ ........................................................... 34 Series 21 Film / video – Other ....................................................................................................... 35 Series 22 Poetry – ‘Black life’ ......................................................................................................... 35 Series 23 Poetry – ‘The first born and other poems’ ..................................................................... 36 Series 24 Poetry – ‘Jagardoo’ ......................................................................................................... 37 Series 25 Poetry – ‘John Pat and other poems’ ............................................................................. 37 Series 26 Poetry – ‘Through the black door’ ................................................................................. 38 Series 27 Poetry – Other works ..................................................................................................... 38 Series 28 Songs, 1989-91 ............................................................................................................... 39 Series 29 Prose – 'A boy's life'........................................................................................................ 40 Series 30 Prose – Short stories ...................................................................................................... 41 Series 31 Prose – Reminiscences ................................................................................................... 42 Series 32 Prose – Reviews by Davis ............................................................................................... 43 Series 33 Anthologies – 'Paperbark', 1987-93 ............................................................................... 44 Series 34 Other writings by Davis, 1989-94 ................................................................................... 45 Series 35 Foolscap pads, notebooks, etc. ...................................................................................... 46 Series 36 Nyoongah language ........................................................................................................ 48 Series 37 Agreements, contracts, permissions and royalties, 1977-2002 ..................................... 49 Series 38 About Davis – Native Welfare Department (retained by family) ................................... 51 Series 39 About Davis – General, 1987-2000 ................................................................................ 51 Series 40 Awards, honours etc., 1984-2000 .................................................................................. 54 Series 41 South West Schools Tour, 1981 ..................................................................................... 56 Series 42 Activism – Aboriginal Heritage Act, 1991-92 ................................................................. 56 Series 43 Activism – Swan Brewery, 1988-93 ................................................................................ 58 Series 44 Activism – Deaths in custody, 1988-2001 ...................................................................... 59 Series 45 Activism – Treaty / Sovereignty ..................................................................................... 62 Series 46 Activism – Other, 1971-2000 .......................................................................................... 62 Series 47 Institutions – AIAS, 1980-90 ........................................................................................... 64 Series 48 Institutions – Other, 1987-93 ......................................................................................... 66 Series 49 Organisations – Australia Council, 1987-2000 ............................................................... 66 Series 50 Organisations – AWOLDA, 1986-87 ............................................................................... 67 Series 51 Organisations – Middar, 1984 ........................................................................................ 67 Series 52 Organisations – Other, 1988-2001 ................................................................................. 68 Series 53 David Unaipon Award, 1989-98 ..................................................................................... 69 Series 54 Other writers – Miscellaneous ....................................................................................... 73 Series 55 Other writers – Plays/films/videos ................................................................................. 75 Series 56 Other writers – Poetry Check access ............................................................................. 78 2 MS 4457 Papers of Jack Davis Series 57 Other writers – Further manuscripts ............................................................................. 78 Series 58 References and CV’s ....................................................................................................... 80 Series 59 Miscellaneous papers ..................................................................................................... 81 Series 60 Photographs and slides .................................................................................................. 85 Series 61 Posters ............................................................................................................................ 85 Series 62 Cultural events, 1987-97 ................................................................................................ 86 Series 63 Newspaper clippings ...................................................................................................... 88 Series 64 Uranium mining .............................................................................................................. 88 Series 65 Manuscripts not retained in this collection .................................................................. 88 Series 66 Published material