| Summary: | The Bruce Rigsby Collection consists of papers relating to the Relics Advisory Committee within the Queensland Ministry for Aboriginal and Island Affairs and later within the Archaeology Branch of the Department of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement; papers relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and languages; draft reports, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and Cape York Land Council submissions relating to Aboriginal Land Rights and Native Title claims; and field recordings from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.Emeritus Professor Bruce Rigsby is a Professor of Anthropology in the School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
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