Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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George Davis Historical/Anthropological/ Environmental and Forestry History

Archive Collections / Suzette Coates / Series SAMA 1217/7 / George Davis Historical/Anthropological/ Environmental and Forestry History

Folder labelled No 4 George includes the following:

1. An agreement between Wet Tropics Management Authority, the Elder of the Davis/Woodleigh Clan of the Upper Mulanbarra People and Griffith University concerning documentation of Yidinji sites of cultural significance and environmental knowledge in the Upper Mulgrave dated 16 February 1994.

2. George Davis (Nungabana) biographical data by Duncan Ray dated 1999

3. a living culture by Jo Dillon pp 8,9, 33. Article in infocus magazine June/July/August 2000

4. Mine Sites rediscovered on the Mulgrave Goldfield by Barry Strike. Article in The Historical Society, Cairns, North Queensland Inc Bulletin 468 May 2000

5. Burnin’: A Proposal to Reintroduce Fire to George Davis's Land by Jonah Ibson, School for Field Studies, Yungaburra, Australia April 1997

6. The Yidinji A valued Culture by Greg Owen and Lloyd Clark. Cultural information provided by George Davis, Jessie Calico and Ernie Grant. Cassowary Publication.

7. A Rainforest Pharmacopoeia Five Thousand Years of Effective Medicine (Chapter 12) by Jeanette Covacevich, Tony Irvine, George Davis (Nganygabana) in Pioneer Medicine in Australia. Amphion Press 1988.

8. Occupation History Mulanbarra Yidindji by Dr Ros Kidd for the North Queensland Land Council dated March 1997

9. Historical Research Yidindji Native Title Application QC94/9. Report to the North Queensland Land Council by Dawn Glass dated March 1997.

10. Preliminary Yidinyji Anthropology Analysis. Report to the North Queensland Land Council by Ray Wood dated 11 July 1997  

11. Comments on Yidinji Genealogies by Sandra Pannell & Daniel Vachon dated June 1999

12. Upper Yidinji Attachments to Land in the Atherton‐Goldsborough Region: Anthropological Report by Athol Chase and Marcus Lane, Griffith University Brisbane dated April 1992

13. Socio‐Territorial Organisation of the Yidinydji Language group. A discussion paper by Marcus Lane dated 1996 Page 22 of 30 SCHEDULE ITEM 1 ANNEXURE C continued

14. From Madjindah to Warrma: The Management Plan for the Dulabed Native title Claim. Dulabed Aboriginal Corporation, Atherton dated 1996

15. Evidence for the Continuous Traditional Connection to the Claim Area in the Matter of the Yidinyji/Malanbarra Native Title Claim QC 94/9. Confidential Report Prepared at the Request of the Principal Legal Adviser North Queensland Land Council Aboriginal Corporation by Averil Ginn dated October 1999

16. Yidinydji and Dulabed Native Title Claims: Survey of the evidence to date on Physical Connection to the Claim Area and the Claimant Group by Daniel Vachon dated April 1997

17. Specifics of the Issue of the Membership of the Descent Group for the Dulabed Claim Group. Author Unknown, no date.

18. Yidindji and Dulabed Native Title Determination Applications: Report by Peter Sutton dated 6 March 1997

19. Goldsborough Valley Dulabed and Yidinji Reports: Peer Review by Peter Sutton dated 19 March 1999

20. Claim Map showing land subject to Native Title Claimant Application QC01/14 combined Dulabed & Malanbarra Yidinji Federal Court No: Q6012/01. 3 copies. 2 maps showing the Claim Map inset.

21. Gregg Borschmann’s interview with George Davis for The People’s Forest Oral History Project in association with the National Library of Australia (NLA). NLA Oral TRC 2845/54. 5 tapes dated 14 to 15 October 1994. Copy provided to Suzette Coates 24 October 1996

22. Transcripts of Gregg Borschmann’s interview with George Davis for The People’s Forest Oral History Project

Creator: Suzette Coates
Control: SAMA 1217/7/1/1-22
Series:  SAMA 1217/7
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