The Noel Butlin Archives Centre holds records of a number of Australian pastoral companies and stations where Aboriginal people lived and worked. We also have comprehensive maps to identify stations and a complete set of the Australian Pastoral Directory to track ownership of stations.
Z241/Box 211 - Northern Territory photograph albums, 1934
Z241/Box 211 - Avon Downs Station photograph album, 1910s-1960s
Z241/Box 43 - Avon Downs Station correspondence, 1959-1971
Z241/Box 44 - Avon Downs Station correspondence, 1960s
Z241/Box 45 - Avon Downs Station correspondence, 1969
1/423 - Bladensburg Station wages journals, 1925-1932
1/437/1 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1916
1/437/2 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1917
1/437/3 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1918
1/437/4 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1919
1/437/5 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1920
1/437/6 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1921
1/437/7 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1922
1/437/8 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1923
1/437/9 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1924
1/437/10 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1925
1/437/11 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1926
1/437/12 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1926
1/437/13 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1927
1/437/14 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1928-1929
1/437/15 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1930
1/437/16 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1931
1/437/17 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1932
1/437/18 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1932
1/437/19 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1933
1/437/20 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1934-1936
1/437/21 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1937-1938
1/437/22 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1939
1/437/23 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1940
1/437/24 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1941-1942
1/437/25 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1943
1/437/26 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1944
1/437/27 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1945
1/437/28 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1946
1/437/29 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1947
1/437/30 - Headingly Station wages sheets, 1948
68 - Corona Station (Queensland) - assorted photographs of Aboriginal workers, 1920s
Z200/Box 79 - Eva Downs Pastoral Company native wages book, 1963-1966
Z200/Box 80 - Eva Downs Pastoral Company monthly summaries of native wages, 1967-1968
Z200/Box 80 - Eva Downs Pastoral Company monthly maintenance and child endowment forms, 1966-1968
Z200/Box 80 - Eva Downs Pastoral Company monthly native rations records, 1966-1968
Z200/Box 83 - Creswell Downs Pastoral Company stores issued to native employees, 1961-1962
Z200/Box 83 - Creswell Downs Pastoral Company maintenance and child endowment claims, 1961-1968
Z200/Box 83 - Creswell Downs Pastoral Company stores issued
Z200/Box 83A - Native wages books, 1959-1968
Z200/Box 83A - Native wages summaries, 1959-1961
Z200/Box 83A - Macarthur River native wages summaries, 1959-1961
Z200/Box 83A - Creswell Downs Pastoral Company native wages summaries, 1967
Z200/Box 83A - Creswell Downs Pastoral Company native wages books, 1960-1963
Z200/Box 83A - Creswell Downs Pastoral Company native wages books, 1964-1968
Z200/Box 87 - Walhallow Pastoral Company maintenance and child endowment forms, 1962-1967
Z200/Box 87 - Walhallow Pastoral Company native wages summaries, 1961-1968
Z354/Box 1 - Aboriginal subject file – Pensions, 1969-1970
Z354/Box 1 - Aboriginal subject file – Maternity allowances, 1968-1969
Z354/Box 1 - Aboriginal pensions file, 1968-1970
Z354/Box 1 - Maternity allowances file, 1967-1969
Z354/Box 1 - Maintenance file, 1968-1970
Z354/Box 1 - Department of Aboriginal and Island Affairs file, 1968-1970
Z354/Box 1 - Child endowment file, 1968-1969
Z354/Box 1 - Aboriginal general correspondence file, 1970-1971
Z354/Box 1 - Aboriginal general correspondence file, 1968-1970
Z354/Box 1 - Aboriginal banking file, 1970
Z354/Box 5 - Native death records, 1960s
Z354/Box 5 - Subject file on Commonwealth schedule of payments to Aborigines, 1963-1966
Z354/Box 5 - Native pensions file, 1964-1967
Z354/Box 5 - Native maternity and child endowment claims, 1965-1966
Z354/Box 5 - Native maintenance file, 1967-1968
Z354/Box 5 - Child endowment payments file, 1961-1966
Please note that Archives staff will need to request permission from the depositor before giving access.
142/3850 - Album of photographs of CSR mills, cane fields, labourers, other people and local sights (including photographs of Aboriginal people), c. 1890s
142/3860 - Early photographs of Hambledon Mill and surrounding district, Queensland, (including photographs of Aboriginal people), taken by chemist C O Randell, 1900-1901
142/3861 - Early photographs of Hambledon Mill and surrounding district, Queensland, (including photographs of Aboriginal people), taken by chemist C O Randell, 1901
98/13/2 - Photograph of pig in an Aboriginal camp, Western Australia, nd
98/13/4 - Photograph of Aborigine at Mount Anderson Station, Western Australia, nd
98/13/5 - Photograph of Aboriginal house at Mount Anderson Station, Western Australia, nd
98/13/9 - Photograph of Aboriginal at Mount Anderson Station, Western Australia, nd
121/46/1 - Monthly station returns forwarded to General Superintendent at Goonoo Goonoo, 1921-1927
115/42A - Avon Downs Station wages book, 1924-1928
115/50 - Correspondence from United Graziers Association of Queensland regarding employment of Aborigines, 1922
128/18/2/1 - Avon Downs Station journal, cash book, receipts and payments, 1921-1931
128/18/2/2 - Avon Downs Station journal, receipts and payments, 1931-1942
N8/90 - Inward letters to Secretary, Managing Director and General Manager - Western Australia, 1899
N182/1 - Improvement book (shows structures on the property including Aboriginal housing)
87/5/1 - Native ledger, 1932-1939
87/5/2 - Native ledger, 1942
87/5/3 - Native ledger, 1949-1950
87/6/1 - Station diary, 1920
87/6/2 - Station diary, 1922
87/6/3 - Station diary, 1923
87/6/4 - Station diary, 1927
87/6/5 - Station diary, 1940
87/6/6 - Station diary, 1945
87/6/7 - Station diary, 1946
87/6/8 - Station diary, 1947
87/6/9 - Station diary, 1948
87/6/10 - Station diary, 1949
87/6/11 - Station diary, 1950
87/6/12 - Station diary, 1951
87/6/13 - Station diary, 1952
87/6/14 - Station diary, 1953
87/6/15 - Station diary, 1954
87/6/16 - Station diary, 1955
87/6/17 - Station diary, 1956
87/6/18 - Station diary, 1957
87/6/19 - Station diary, 1958
87/6/20 - Station diary, 1959
87/6/21 - Station diary, 1960
87/18 - Papers relating to Aborigines employed on Victoria River Downs, 1954-1960
42/8/2 - Western properties returns to Bovril Australian Estates Ltd, 1949-1950
42/8/3 - Western properties returns to Bovril Australian Estates Ltd, 1950-1951
42/8/4 - Western properties returns to Bovril Australian Estates Ltd, 1951-1952
42/12/1 - Statements of wages paid to Aboriginal station and domestic workers at Carlton Hill and Legune Stations, 1950-1951
42/12/2 - Statements of wages paid to Aboriginal and domestic workers at Legune Station, 1951-1952
42/12/3 - Statements of wages paid to Aboriginal and domestic workers at Carlton Hill Station, 1951-1952
42/13 - Copies of correspondence of the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees' Association sent to the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co Ltd about awards, Aboriginal labour, proposed pleuro-line, Northern Territory taxation and Crown lands, 1951-1953
42/14 - Papers relating to Aboriginals and their employment, 1945-1948
42/15/1 - Victoria River Downs Station ledger, 1909-1912
42/15/2 - Victoria River Downs Station ledger, 1913-1921
42/15/3 - Victoria River Downs Station ledger, 1922-1930
42/15/4 - Victoria River Downs Station ledger, 1930-1937
42/15/5 - Victoria River Downs Station ledger, 1937-1944
119/11 - Aboriginal employment - printed regulations and reports, 1945-1951
8/212 - Mt Eba Station ledgers (7 volumes), 1879-1900