The Australian Women's Register

MS 9154 comprises the “Application by Nurri Arnold Williams on behalf of the Ngunnawal people for a determination of native title for land in the Australian Capital Territory”. The applicant’s submissions and evidence includes information prepared on behalf of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council: 1. Ngunnawal native title claim historical overview, a selection of primary sources for Namadgi and the Ngunnawal, and Ngunnawal genealogies by Ann Jackson-Nakano. 2. Statement of evidence of the claimant, Nurri Arnold Williams. 3. Archaeological overview of Namadgi and other areas included in the submission by Steven Avery. The collection also includes Ann Jackson-Nakano’s thesis (1 fol. Box). The Acc99.076 instalment comprises articles, 1978-1979, photographs and photograph albums, magazines, booklets, notebooks, research material, drafts, and other papers including personal papers from Jackson-Nakano’s time in Japan (8 cartons, 1 fol. Box). The Acc00.138 instalment consists of further papers (1 box). The Acc07.152 instalment includes correspondence, research material, media clippings and publications relating to indigenous history and issues. In addition, there is a copy of Jackson-Nakano’s book Ngambri ancestral names: for geographical places and features in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounds (2005) (8 boxes). The Acc08.116 instalment includes correspondence, research material, publications relating to indigenous history and issues, and speeches for Matilda House (4 boxes). The Acc08.145 instalment comprises research material on Ngunnawal family histories and sources in relation to the Ngambri (Kamberrai), Pajong and Wallabalooa. There is also correspondence, copies of birth, death and marriage records, articles and notes (2 boxes). The Acc09.153 instalment includes research notes, publications, press clippings, ephemera and correspondence relating to the Ngambri people, and to Pajong and Wallabalooa families at Pudman and Blakeney Creeks (2 boxes).