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Helen Groger-Wurm papers

  • AU ANUA 260
  • Series
  • 1921 - 2005

Diaries, 1931-2002
Film and theatre albums, 1932-1990s
Personal papers, 1921-2001
Large format material, 1920s-1982
Correspondence, 1956-2005
University research material, 1940s-1950s
Maps
Research materials, 1950s-2000
MAGNT Aboriginal Art Collection, 1960s-1970s
National Museum of Australia catalogue, 1992
Sound recordings, 1960s
Indigenous photographs, 1950s-1960s
Photograph albums, 1923-2005
Slides, 1954-1970
Movie films, 1960-1974
Super 8 films, 1974-1988
Videos, 1990-2000
Obituaries and condolences (for SA Wurm), 2001-2002

Groger-Wurm, Helen

Miscellaneous research notes and papers

Includes Aboriginal Quaterly vol. 1. No. 1.; handwritten annotation of Ralph Piddington article "Karadjeri Initiation"; other excerpts from Oceania journal; SA Wurm article "The Question of Aboriginal Place Names".

Uluru

Notes on the enivronment around and stories about Uluru, including "The Story of Ayers Rock". Aerial photograph of Uluru.

Yirrkala

Photographs of "mortuary rites". Original notes. Descriptions and photographs of artworks. Notes on language. Notes on stories: Oijal, Muthali the duck, Baru the Crocodile, The Bunyulat at Wamuku.

Port Keats

Descriptions and photographs of artworks. Notes on stories: Kulmangur (The Rainbow Snake) and The Old Woman.

Mowanjum

Photographs of Aboriginal men: Sam Wulugudja, Watty Karawarra, Taylor Manungu, Micky Bunguni, Charlie Alangowai. Photographs of the landscape and Numbari Cave paintings.

Milingimbi

Lists and photographs of artworks. Language and cultural notes, including description of the Djalambu Ceremony.

Groote Eylandt

Notes on artists and artworks. Photographs of bark paintings. Photographs of people and places on Groote Eylandt.

Bamyili

Photographs of Aboriginal men: Cogger (?) Manbutji, Tommy Rindsir, George Mainoru Djungunwanga, Johnny Pamkal, Lefthand Baddy (?) Milipi, Lofti, George Baludu, Jacky Gaijwulan, Harry Malalinga, Dolly Ganiindja, Jacky Ryan Daiwanga. Photographs and descriptions of artworks.

Croker Island

Hand-written notes. Photographs of Aboriginal men with their artworks: Thomson Narangorli, Nangunsari, Billy Irrwala, Sam Wagbara, Edward Wandiwandi. Photographs and descriptions of bark paintings.

West Arnhem Land

List of artefacts collected by Helen Groger-Wurm - Northern Territory Administration. Review of manuscript by Ronald Berndt. Manuscript of "Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings and their Mythological Interpretation".

West Arnhem Land [1]

Articles, excerpts and notes on Aboriginal cultures and history, especially relating to West Arnhem Land. Lists of vocabulary from unspecified languages (Ngalgbun ?). Lists of languages.

Bathurst and Melville Island - original notes and photos

Includes notes on "Mythological fundamentals of Tiwi life". Descriptions and photographs of artworks and artists. Photographs of Bennie Tipungwuti, Declan Napuatimmi, Benedict Mankara, Patrick Purantatomirri, Bathurst Is, July 1970 and their artworks. Notes on paintings and stories. Notes on the Tiwi language. Contact sheets featuring Aboriginal people and artworks.

Photographs of artworks and artefacts

Photographs of bark coffins and human remains held at the Australian Museum in Chaseling Collection - many labelled as Yirrkala, 29.1.1941. Photographs of other artefacts held at the Australian Museum, including armbands and amulets. Christmas cards that have been sent to the Wurms which show aboriginal painting designs. Photographs of "Totemic Emblems" at the Art Gallery of New South Wales - from Milingimbi and Maningrida. Photographs of artworks from the Australian Museum and Art Gallery of NStephen Wurm. Photographs of Aboriginal man - Umbakumba (?) - with "stingray totem on a grave". Descriptions of some artworks, including traditional stories. Corespondence with Judith Ryan at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Contact sheets

Twelve envelopes containg contact sheets. Images are of unidentitfied Aboriginal people (some in the process of making paintings and other objects), bark paintings and artefacts, including baskets. Locations are listed: St Keats, Goulburn Island, Croker Island, Snake Bay, Maningrida, Australian Museum, Arnhem Land, Milingimbi, Yirrkala, Oeugelli (?), BeStephen Wurmick Creek, Groote Eylandt, Port Keats, Bathurst Island, Mowanjum.

Information and images of bark paintings

Ten images with 'Copyright Museum Vooland en volkenkund, Rotterdam' stamped on the back; 40 photographs of paintings from the Chaseling collection; photocopies of paintings; a letter describing the bark paintings of the Chaseling collection, 1967, Yirrkala.

Permission requests

Letters requesting permissions to use Aboriginal art in various publications, including two photographs of Aboriginal artworks.

Research papers on Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt

Royal Society of Canberra Symposium on Scientific Collections in Canberra, 20 May 1959; Maps - including annotated maps of Groote Eylandt; Notes on field trip, Aug-Nov 1965; Letter from Helen Groger-Wurm to B. Smetschka; Helen Groger-Wurm reports; unidentified reel-to-reel sound tape; Helen Groger-Wurm notes on artists (their moiety, language, country); notes on languages (Djambarpingu, Kuparpingu, Liagalaomeri, Mandalpui, Ganalpingu); notes on stories; notes on clans; notes on mata and malla.

Northern Territory Administration - Welfare Branch - Annual Reports, 1965-69

Including reports on Maningrida, Bamyili, BeStephen Wurmick Station, Croker Island, Goulburn Island Mission, Oenpelli Mission, Bathurst Island, Snake Bay, Yirrkala, Garden Point, Port Keats Mission and Milingimbi, with information about population, housing, staff and employment. Also includes lists of Aboriginal populations in 1966 and 1968. Descriptions of different Christian Missions.

Western Arnhem Land - Background material

Original field notes, including: lists of artists; notes on "Ritual"; notes on "Tribal and Social", "Magic", "Lorkon", "Maraiin", "Increase rites", "Rainbow snake", "Lumaluma (The Whale?)", "Wuragag and Waramurunguyndi; Translation of story "Goyalou" - Morning Star - unspecified language; Notes on material culture; Lists of vocabulary in Burada, Djinang, Yaernungu, Nakara; Hand-drawn maps of Arnhem Land. culture; Lists of vocabulary in Burada, Djinang, Yaernungu, Nakara; Hand-drawn maps of Arnhem Land.

Newspaper clippings; a presentation and papers by Helen Groger-Wurm

Includes: Newspaper clippings in Indonesian contained in envelope titled 'Promotion of Anton Moeliono, Djakarta, 1983', from Berita Yudha, Sinar Harapan, Kompas, Suara Karya, Pelita, Berita Buana, The Indonesia Times, Merdeka, Sinar Pagi; Australian Territories, Vol 1 - No 3, Apr 1961; Report of Proceedings of the Residential School 'Canberra - Our National Capital' - Dept of Adult Education, ANU, 24 - 30 May 1964, which includes a presentation by Dr Helen Groger-Wurm "The Institute of Anatomy Ethnological Collection"; File titled "Language Recordings - Snake Bay 1965" which includes notes and photographs relating to "Making Pumani Poles", book chapters "Painting on Bark" and "Bark Painting" by Helen Groger-Wurm, an annotated article based on an interview with Helen Groger-Wurm, and hand-written notes on artefacts.

Handwritten notes, academic papers and a newspaper article

Includes: Notes titled "Contemporary British Anthropology - Raymond W Firth" [Paper given by Helen Groger-Wurm?]; Handwritten copy in 2 vols of "Territory of Papua - Bull-Roarers in the Papuan Gulf" by FE Williams 1936; LSE Department of Anthropology - Seminar of Anthropological Theory - Michaelmas Term 1953/54 - General Subject Values 'The Use of Value Analysis' by P Garigue; The houseboards of the Telefomin sub-district, New Guinea by Barry Craig (signed) 1967; Taking on a Challenge: Opening [article about the publications: Language Atlas of the Pacific Area and the Art of Captain Cook's voyages]; Spiele, Feste, Festspiele von W Schmidt; Sing-Sing in Kotuni - article by Dr H Wurm in Dienstag, 22 Aug 1961; Field Notes - RM Glasse Huli Tari Area, Southern Highlands of New Guinea, 1956; The MBOWAMB - The Culture of the Mt Hagen tribes in East Central New Guinea, Vol One by Georg F Vicedom and Herbert Tischner, Translated by Helen Groger-Wurm, 1983.

University research material Various references

Die Musikinstrument Birmas und Assams by K Sachs [typewritten and annotated copy]; Natural Disaster and Political Crisis in a Polynesian Society by James Spillius reprinted from Human Relations Vol X, No 2, 1957; Melanesien und Indonesien von Felix Speise, 1936; Das Nationalepos der Jakuten by Wilhelm Schmidt, 1952; Die Originalitat des HocHelen Grogerottglaubens der Yamana auf Feuerland by Wilhelm Koppers.

3 pennants

Canberra Soroptimist International Association, Australia; Soroptimist International Association, Japan; Soroptimist International Association, Club di Milano

Scrapbook

Newspaper cuttings and photographs about significant events in the lives of Helen Groger-Wurm and Stephen Wurm.

Scrapbook

Newspaper cuttings and photographs about significant events in the lives of Helen Groger-Wurm and Stephen Wurm.

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