Series 3 - Mitchell River Mission School and Liaison Officer


Date Range1952 - 1988
Quantity22 folders
ProvenanceDr Dorothy Perrett
ArrangedOriginal order maintained

Inventory Listing

Mitchell River School: miscellaneous notes

Folder contains:
Memo book with handwritten teacher notes and results of individual children;
Loose notes;
Correspondence to/from students from throughout Australia;
Exercise notebook "Year III, 1966";
Copy of "Stories, Myths and Legends" collected by Year 10B, Kowanyama State School, 1986;
Copy of Kowanyama State School Year Book, 1988;
Copy of "Life In Our Community" comments by Aboriginal Teacher Aides, Kowanyama Community.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1957 - 1988    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence, Notebooks and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00035 Box Number 6 Series 3
Children's letters to Sylvia Card

Folder contains:
Handwritten letters from Mitchell River Mission School children to Sylvia Card.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Date range 1965 - 1966
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SMCA00026 Box Number 5 Series 3
Outward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1953 - 1965    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00044 Box Number 8 Series 3
Inward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1952 - 1955    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence, Loose Notes and Forms
Inventory Identifier SMCA00039 Box Number 7 Series 3
Maxwell Grey Reading Course

Folder contains:
A copy of "The Maxwell Grey Reading Course for Young People"

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier SMCA00027 Box Number 5 Series 3
Mitchell River School: School Attendance

Folder contains:
Original attendance records for classes at Mitchell River Mission School.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1952 - 1970    Quantity 1 folder
Formats Charts
Inventory Identifier SMCA00036 Box Number 6 Series 3
Inward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1956 - 1959    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00040 Box Number 7 Series 3
Outward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1966 - 1969    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00045 Box Number 8 Series 3
Inward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1960 - 1964    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00041 Box Number 7 Series 3
Liaison Officer: Mitchell River News

Folder contains:
Copies of "M.R News", Mitchell River community newsletter compiled by Sylvia Card;
Loose typed notes on various topics.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1968 - 1969
Formats Newsletters and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00028 Box Number 5 Series 3
Outward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1970 - 1971    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00046 Box Number 8 Series 3
Class marks and house points

Folder contains:
Handwritten note on school weekly timetable, 21 May 1956;
Handwritten notes containing children's school marks;
Typed lists of items for sale taken to Brisbane Exhibition, 1954;
Children's handwritten notes;
1 notebook on school sports, 1957 - 1960.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Date range 1954 - 1960
Formats Notebooks and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00037 Box Number 6 Series 3
Inward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1965 - 1969    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00042 Box Number 7 Series 3
School marks and house points

Folder contains:
Handwritten notebooks containing class marks and sports house points.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Date range 1959 - 1964
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier SMCA00038 Box Number 6 Series 3
Photography correspondence whilst at Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to photography.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Date range 1954 - 1970    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00047 Box Number 8 Series 3
Liaison Officer: correspondence and interviews

Folder contains:
Copies of correspondence to/from Sylvia Card and Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs relating to Sylvia's role as Liaison Officer of Mitchell River;
Notes on interviews with community members;
Copy of procedures to follow after a death in the community;
Undated listing of families in community housing at Mitchell River.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1967 - 1970
Formats General Correspondence, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier SMCA00029 Box Number 5 Series 3
Inward Correspondence: Mitchell River Mission

Folder contains:
Correspondence relating to Mitchell River Mission.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1970 - 1971    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00043 Box Number 7 Series 3
Liaison Officer: statistics and demographic data

Folder contains:
Handwritten population counts;
Kinship terms;
Detailed listings of people living at Mitchell River Mission on various dates from 1966 - 1968;
Handwritten notebook of family trees of Mitchell River families;
Lists on single women at Mitchell River, house inspections, pensioner numbers, population, unemployed, school children, intended marriages, community housing tenants.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1966 - 1979
Formats General Correspondence, Notebooks, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier SMCA00030 Box Number 5 Series 3
Liaison Officer: Kindergarten Notes

Folder contains:
Copies of newsletters to parents;
Copies of notices regarding Kindergarten attendance for signature by parents;
Copy of teaching notes for Nursery/Kindergarten education programme including daily schedules;
Annual Report for Mitchell River Kindergarten, 1970
Copy of book "Road Safety with a Jolly Guide";
Kindergarten shop price list;
Information regarding gluten free diets for children.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1968 - 1970
Formats Newsletters and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00031 Box Number 5 Series 3
Liaison Officer: 1970 Diary

Folder contains:
Handwritten work diary.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1970
Formats Diaries
Inventory Identifier SMCA00032 Box Number 5 Series 3
Mitchell River School: compositions and artwork

Folder contains:
Students' drawings, sketches and compositions.

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1965 - 1966    Quantity 1 folder
Formats Loose Notes, Sketches and Drawings
Inventory Identifier SMCA00033 Box Number 5 Series 3
Mitchell River School: general correspondence

Folder contains:
Correspondence to Mitchell River School via Sylvia Card from various schools throughout Australia;
Correspondence from Diocese of Carpentaria office regarding new school building;
Correspondence to/from Betty Watts, Lecturer in Education, University of Queensland regarding a mission visit in October 1962 .

Creator Dr Dorothy Perrett
Control Original order maintained
Date range 1956 - 1967    Quantity 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier SMCA00034 Box Number 5 Series 3

Published by the James Cook University Library on 6th September 2011,
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