Christine Howes clothing collection

The jersey is maroon, yellow and white with two badges sewn onto the front and "Traveland" written faintly in white on the front and back.  The left hand badge contains the NSW Rugby League logo, the right hand badge the Brisbane Broncos logo.

The polo shirt is long sleeved with orange and blue colours containing a traditional Indigenous print and grey reflective stripes.  The front of the shirt contains the blue text "NPARIH Program Mapoon".  The back of the shirt contains the Aboriginal flag, the logo of the Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council and the Torres Strait Islander flag.

The National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH) is a successor to the Australian Remote Indigenous Accommodation (ARIA) program.  It came into effect in November 2008. (Information taken from: Australian Government Commonwealth Grants Commission website, viewed 15 October 2021).
 

The polo shirt is multi coloured with the front and back separated into two sections by the text "Out of the ashes we have arisen"(front) or "50th commemoration" (back) and a reddish line containing black foot prints (front and back). 

The front top half contains artwork and a map of Far North Queensland on a beige background with the words "Mapoon Paanja Cultural Festival 15th-17th November 2013" beneath a picture of the Aboriginal flag.  The bottom half contains prints of pages of text containing an illustration as well as a picture of a town, probably Mapoon.

The back top half contains artwork and a map of Far North Queensland on a beige background with the words "Mapoon Paanja Cultural Festival 15th-17th November 2013".  The bottom half contains prints of pages of text containing a a map of Queensland as well as a picture of a town, probably Mapoon.

The polo shirt contains multi coloured print on a cream background.

The front of the shirt contains Aboriginal artwork, purple ribbons, butterflies, the text "Domestic Violence Awareness" and the Pormpur Paanthu Aboriginal Corporation logo.

The back of the shirt contains a large purple ribbon circled by the text "Stop domestic violence : educate advocate embrace accept, live love laugh, support enable include express protect", Aboriginal art, butterflies and more purple ribbons.

The polo shirt is black with the logo of the Koori Mail National Indigenous Newspaper on the front.  The logo contains two yellow hand prints and the text "Koori Mail National Indigenous Newspaper".

The polo shirt is black with the logo of the North Queensland Land Council on the front.  The logo contains a map of Queensland partly covered by a crocodile and people and the text "North Queensland Land Council". The text "Message Stick" is in white below. The collar edge is orange and orange stripes run from the sleeves to the base of the shirt on each side of the shirt, front and back.

Message Stick is a serial published by the North Queensland Land Council (NQLC).  The NQLC is the Native Title Representative Body for its region and was established in 1994. (Information taken from: North Queensland Land Council website, viewed 15 October 2021).

The shirt was manufactured by Podium Team Wear.

The polo shirt is navy blue with the logo of the North Queensland Land Council on the front.  The logo contains a map of Queensland partly covered by a crocodile and people and the text "North Queensland Land Council" in white. The front has a pocket on the right hand side.

The polo shirt is blue and has a logo on the front containing the text "Crocodile races Pormpuraaw 2000" and a picture of a crocodile.

The polo shirt is black with the logo of the Queensland Council of Unions on the front.

The polo short is green with an illustration on the back.  The illustration is circular containing a tree in the centre and the text "Cape York Summit 2002 : our challenge is to rebuild" around the edges.

The left hand sleeve contains the text "Cape York Land Council, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation, ATSIC Peninsula Regional Council, Cape York Partnerships'.

The shirt is navy black.

The front has an illustration containing a yellow figure and red dots partly covered by the text "50th NAIDOC : celebrating NAIDOC Week 2007".

The back has the writing "Ensuring a brighter future for Indigenous children 1800 811 810" and the logo for the Queensland Government Department of Child Safety.

The T-shirt is blue.  The front contains a circular illustration and the text "5th SNAICC National Conference".  The back contains a larger reproduction of the same illustration with the text "5th SNAICC National Conference : for our children : living and learning together, 4-6 June 2013, Cairns".

SNAICC is an acronym for the "Secretariat of National Aboriginal & Islander Child Care".

The T-shirt is black with the text "Living black sbs.com.au/livingblack" on the front.

Living Black began in 2003. It is an Indigenous current affairs program providing "timely, intelligent and comprehensive coverage of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians." (Information taken from: NITV website, 15 October 2021)

The T-shirt is light blue.  

The front contains Aboriginal art in the shape of a circle with the text ""NgumPulugnku Ngaachi : our country, our land" printed beneath. The art and text are dark blue.

The back contains the text "Kuuku Ya'u Determination : 25 June 2009"

On 25 June 2009 the Federal Court of Australia made a consent determination that recognised the Kuuku Ya’u people’s native title rights over about 1980 square km of land and waters to the north of Lockhart River township on the east of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland. This was an important turning point for the Kuuku Ya’u People recognising for the first time their native title rights under Australian law. (Information taken from: National Native Title Tribunal, Kuuku Ya’u people’s native title determination)

The T-shirt is green with a rectangular print on the front containing Aboriginal art and the text "NGADJON-JII : Native Title Determination : Malanda, 12 December 2007."

On 12 December 2007 the Federal Court of Australia made a consent determination that recognised the Ngadjon-Jii people’s native title rights over 13,287 ha of land and waters approximately 47 km south of Cairns in Far North Queensland.  This was an important turning point for the Ngadjon-Jii people recognising for the first time their native title rights under Australian law. (Information taken from: National Native Title Tribunal, Ngadjon-Jii people’s native title determination)

The T-shirt is white and has been hand printed on the front.  The print is rectangular and contains the outline of a red snake and the text "2001" against a black background. 

The shirt is black and has a rectangular illustration containing a circular form of the Aboriginal flag at its centre surrounded by circles and dots and partly covered by the text "Murri Country : 4AAA : 98.9 FM."

The T-shirt is navy blue with white printing.

The front contains the text "I read Australia's top newspaper : Thursday Island, Torres Strait" as well as the logo for "Torres News".  

The back contains the text "Torres News : giving you the drum in the Torres Strait" that is accompanied by an illustration of an islander in traditional dress playing a drum.

"Torres News" was a weekly newspaper published by G. Moloney on Thursday Island from 1957-2019.  In 2019 it merged with "Cape York News" to form "Cape & Torres News". 

The T-shirt is mustard coloured. 

The front contains blue, white and red printing.  The text reads "Kick Start : Qld.".  Beneath this is the AFL logo. 

The back contains white text that reads "Crusaders Cup 2001."

The T-shirt is brown. 

The front contains the text '3rd National Indigenous Land & Sea Management Conference' above a a small rectangular print.

The back contains a square print of black, brown and white hands reaching towards each other over a background containing Aboriginal art.  The text "Volunteer : 3rd National Indigenous Land & Sea Management Conference : leading sustainable traditions : 2-5 November, 2010, Broken Hill NSW" is in white and yellow above and below the print.

The T-shirt is white with a colour print of "Sam Watson" with his finger pointed forwards.  The print is accompanied by the text "Vote 1 Sam Watson : Uncle Sam Needs u".

The T-shirt is a play on the World War 2 propaganda featuring Winston Churchill.

Sam Watson (1952-2019) was an Aboriginal Australian activist and a socialist politician.    

The T-shirt is black.

The front contains the Link Up (Qld.) Aboriginal Corporation logo featuring a lizard and text in white print. The text 'Still bringing them home' is beneath. There is also the head of a lizard in white "crawling" over the left shoulder.  

The back contains the rest of the lizard as well as the text "Link Up (Qld) : Still Bringing Them home 1800 200 855".  The printing is in white.

Link-Up (Qld.) has been operating since 1984 and offer "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the chance to reconnect with family and understand their identity." (Information taken from: Link-Up (Qld.) website, viewed 15 October 2021).

The baseball hat is grey with the word "Woori" embroidered in white on the back.