Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Thomson, Donald
... ...29 Edwin Road Templestowe..."N.T.S.R.U. 1941-1943" "Thomson of Arnhem Land" Victorian Aborigines Welfare Board Thomson Collection Museum Victoria Mia Mia Aboriginal Art Gallery Louise Thomson-Officer Marcia Langton Su baker Lake Tyers Victorian Aboriginal Reserve Gippsland Robert Macklin Yintjingga people 29 Edwin Road Templestowe Royal Geographic Society Nicholas Peterson Mapoon Mission Wongo Aboriginal man Wuluwirr Aboriiginal man Mattuwa Aboriginal man Mauwunbol Aboriginal man Munguyuma Aboriginal man Dja Dja Wurrung people Gavin Jennings Gary Murray Film "Ten Canoes" Galanbingu people Mandallpuy people Djinba people Rolf de Heer Arnhem Land Arafura Swamp Ramingining Caledon Bay Lindy Allen Bunjilaka Centre Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etc Thomson, Donald Document Folder ...
Anthropologist and Aboriginal activist Donald Thomson later lived in Eltham with wife Dorita.
Contents
Photocopy of photograph of Thomson family at "The Oaks", Kinglate 11 November 1891.
Photocopy of old photograph of "Worlingworth", home of Donald Thomson.
Booklet: "N.T.S.R.U. 1941-1943: text and photographs from the report of Sqn Leader Donald Thomson." Yirrkale Literature Production Centre, 1992.
Photocopy of Australian Dictionary of Biography (Vol.16, pp385-386), entry for Thomson, Donald Finlay Fergusson.
Newspaper article: "Drought close to city", no source, no date. Donald Thomson wants South Riding of Eltham declared a drought area, photograph of Elaine Thomson.
Newspaper article: "Professor dies", The Post, 27 1970. Obituary of Donald Thomson.
Photocopy of extracts from "Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land" 1983: Chapter "Donald Thomson: A biographical Sketch". pp1-15; Map; Notes on sources pp141-142.
Newspaper article: "Memoirs of an advocate for Aboriginal rights", Diamond Valley News, 8 March 1983. Interview of Dorita Thomson, widow of Donald Thomson, about him and house "Worlingworth".
Newspaper article: "Australia's secret Aboriginal 'army". Herald, 2 June 1983. Donald Thomson's life and work, and the book about it, "Donald Thomson of Arnhem Land".
Invitation to exhibition of photographs by Donald Thomson, Brighton City Library, 22 July 1983.
Publicity for film "Thomson of Arnhem Land" with note from Bruce Nixon, 8 June 2000.
Newspaper article: "A crusader before his time", Diamond Valley News, 9 August 2000. Details of life and work of Donald Thomson.
Newspaper article: "Outback part. of his life", Diamond Valley News, 9 August 2000. Interview of Dorita Thomson about Donald Thomson's life and work.
Newspaper article: "Museum and Aboriginies to meet in stand-off over heritage items", The Age, 29 July 2004. Bark paintings on loan from British Museum in dispute.
Magazine article: "Keeping time with Rolf", Time, 20 March 2006. Mentions of Donald Thomson.
Newspaper advertisement: "The Thomson House" Templestowe, Emerson Oliver Estate Agent. The Weekly Review, no date (possibly 2017).
Flier: "The Thomson House" Templestowe, Emerson Oliver Estate Agent.
Newspaper article: "Once upon a time an anthropolgist watched men hunt in 10 canoes", The Age, 16 December 2006. Donald Thomson's work and a new film "Ten Canoes".
Newspaper article: "A life's work offers forgotten link to the cultural wealth of nation's first people", The Age, 23 December 2024. The Donald Thomson Ethnohistory Collection.
Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcdonald thomson, northern territory special reconnaissance unit, donald finlay fergusson thomson, "the oaks" kinglake, "worlingworth" eltham, elaine thomson, louise thomson, rosemary thomson, dorita thomson, st margaret's church of england eltham, australian institute of aboriginal studies, brandy creek gippsland, ."donald tomson in arnhem land"., "n.t.s.r.u. 1941-1943", "thomson of arnhem land", victorian aborigines welfare board, thomson collection museum victoria, mia mia aboriginal art gallery, louise thomson-officer, marcia langton, su baker, lake tyers victorian aboriginal reserve gippsland, robert macklin, yintjingga people, 29 edwin road templestowe, royal geographic society, nicholas peterson, mapoon mission, wongo aboriginal man, wuluwirr aboriiginal man, mattuwa aboriginal man, mauwunbol aboriginal man, munguyuma aboriginal man, dja dja wurrung people, gavin jennings, gary murray, film "ten canoes", galanbingu people, mandallpuy people, djinba people, rolf de heer, arnhem land, arafura swamp, ramingining, caledon bay, lindy allen, bunjilaka centre