Pearl Gibbs - Papers, 1937-1983, and photographs, ca.1915 - 1981; together with copies of records of the Aborigines Welfare Board, 1941, 1953-1960

MLMSS 6922/Boxes 1-4, 7-8
MLMSS 6922/Boxes 5X-6X

fonds

ca.1915 - 1983

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

403488

Microfilm : Newscuttings re Aboriginal issues, 1937 - c.1954).

1.3 metres of textual material (6 boxes, 2 outsize boxes) includes photographs
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Clippings
Ephemera
Textual Records - (printed)

Pearl Gibbs, a pioneer for Aboriginal rights who was born at Botany Bay, NSW in 1901, began her political career in the late 1920s assisting Aboriginal domestic workers indentured by the Aborigines Protection Board. She became a prominent organiser and public speaker in the Aboriginal campaign for citizenship and equal rights, which culminated in the Day of Mourning and Protest conference held on 26 January 1938. She was secretary of the Aborigines Progressive Association, vice-president and then secretary of the Dubbo branch of the Australian Aborigines League, and organising secretary of the Council for Aboriginal Rights. Gibbs became the first and only female member of the NSW Aborigines Welfare Board (1954-1957), and in 1956 she founded the Aboriginal Australian Fellowship; she also established the first hostel for rural Aborigines requiring hospital treatment, in Dubbo, NSW, where she lived until her death in 1983. [source: 'The encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia']

1. Papers, 1937-1983, mainly concerning aboriginal issues (Call No.: MLMSS 6922/1-4)
2. Photographs, ca.1915-1981 (Call No.: MLMSS 6922/5X-6X and 7)
3. Aborigines Welfare Board records, 1941, 1953-1960 (Call No.: MLMSS 6922/7-8)

This collection comprises 3 record series; you may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.

Digital order no:a5968001