Australian South Sea Islanders 150 Commemoration and Festival 2013 Papers

This listing was created by Nasuven Enares and provides a listing of the contents of each box.

Nasuven Enares interviewed by Nic Maclellan, 13 August 2013, at the Australian South Sea Islander 150th Anniversary event at Ormiston House, Brisbane. The event organised by the Australian South Sea Islander Secretariat Inc.

Joe Leo interviewed by Nic Maclellan, 13 August 2013, at the Australian South Sea Islander 150th Anniversary event at Ormiston House, Brisbane. The event organised by the Australian South Sea Islander Secretariat Inc.

Rowena Treive interviewed by Nic Maclellan, 13 August 2013 at the Australian South Sea Islander 150th Anniversary event at Ormiston House, Brisbane. The event organised by the Australian South Sea Islander Secretariat Inc.

A Boy called Toupay play reading, 13 August 2013 at the Australian South Sea Islander 150th Anniversary event at Ormiston House, Brisbane. The event organised by the Australian South Sea Islander Secretariat Inc.

The play was named after Nasuven Enares' father, the late Moses Toupay Enares.

A series of short films produced in 2014 as part of the Australian South Sea Islander Stories Project in partnership with the Australian South Sea Islander Secretariat Inc. Brisbane.

• Counting bottle trees – Writer/Director/Editor is Jacintha Bezgovsek, Produced by Amie Batalibasi
• Famla Blong Yufala – Writer/Director is Kerry Warkill, Produced by Amie Batalibasi
• My saltwater dreaming – Writer/Director is John Corowa, Produced by Amie Batalibasi
• Wholeheartedly – Writer/Director is Danita Merrypor, Produced by Amie Batalibasi
• Cultural beginnings – grass roots – Writer/Director is Alison Edwards, Produced by Amie Batalibasi
• Aunty Valda’s story – Writer/Director is Jessica Bezgovsek, Produced by Amie Batalibasi
• 150 Years ASSI Gala event – Writer/Director is Joanne Warkill, Produced by Amie Batalibasi

Australian South Sea Islander 150th Anniversary event photographs, Ormiston House, Brisbane.

Australian South Sea Islander 150th Anniversary State Reception photographs, Parliament House, Brisbane

A collection of three family photographs.

Photographs of various members of the Enares family and of the Australian South Sea Islanders Memorial at Chinderah Cemetery (N.S.W.).

Papers relating to the 2013 Australian South Sea Islanders 150 Commemoration and Festival and the Australian South Sea Islanders Secretariat Inc.:

• Envelope 1 (2010-2013): Papers relating to the 2013 Australian South Sea Islanders 150 Commemoration and Festival including research material, correspondence, photocopies and printouts etc.
• Envelope 2 (1998-2014): Papers relating to the Australian South Sea Islanders Secretariat Inc. including newspapers, research material, correspondence, photocopies and printouts.
• Envelope 3 (1990-1997; 2011-2022): Papers including research material, school curriculums, minutes of meetings, newspaper cuttings, photocopies and printouts.
• Envelope 4: Family trees and group sheets for the Moses and Enares family and a National Federation of Australian South Sea Islanders stamp.
• Envelope 5:Transcript of The Story of a boy called Toupay, a play named after Nasuven Enares' father, the late Moses Toupay Enares.(Item 29744/5 is a recording of the play)

Papers relating to the 2013 Australian South Sea Islanders 150 Commemoration and Festival and the Australian South Sea Islanders Secretariat Inc.:

• Envelope 1 (2012-2013): Correspondence with Redlands, Arts Queensland, Ormiston House, Brisbane City Council and Multicultural Affairs Queensland.
• Envelope 2 (1992-1994; 2005-2012): Newspapers and research material.
• Envelope 3 (1997-2013): Newspaper clippings and school curriculums.
• Envelope 4 (1994-1998; 2010-2013): Papers relating to the Australian South Sea Islanders Secretariat Inc. including meeting minutes, correspondence and ephemera.

Photocopy of a map showing the main recruiting routes used by blackbirders to recruit South Sea Islanders labour for Queensland. The map appears in Edward Wybergh Docker's publication: The blackbirders : the recruiting of south seas labour for Queensland, 1863-1907, page 3.