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Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Museum Victoria, Bunjilaka: The Aboriginal Centre at Melbourne Museum, 2000
This book is a companion volume to the three opening exhibitions in Bunjilaka: It highlights the key objects, themes and stories within the exhibitions.64 P.; plates; 22 cm.This book is a companion volume to the three opening exhibitions in Bunjilaka: It highlights the key objects, themes and stories within the exhibitions.aborigines, australian-museums-melbourne-bunjilaka., victorian aboriginal history-bunjilaka -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broome, Richard et al, Sideshow Alley, 1998
... Carnivals-Australia-History Sharman Jimmy Boxing - Aboriginals ...vii- xviii; 238 P.; ports; maqps; ill; index.boxers-aboriginal, australian, carnivals-australia-history, sharman, jimmy, boxing - aboriginals, australian. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Pybus, Cassandra, Community of thieves, 1992
In 1892 Richard Pybus took up a large land grant on Bruny Island, the traditional home of the Nuenone people of south-east Tasmania. Within months of his arrival there were no Nuenone left on the island - they had either died from disease, or been murdered or exiled. Truganini, the last of the Nuenone, died in 1876, having spent her adult life in exile as a dependent of the colonial government. Describes sealers use of Tasmanian women and Robinson's Port Phillip expedition.xiv, 198 p., [2] leaves. : ill., maps & ports. ; references; appendix; 20 cm.In 1892 Richard Pybus took up a large land grant on Bruny Island, the traditional home of the Nuenone people of south-east Tasmania. Within months of his arrival there were no Nuenone left on the island - they had either died from disease, or been murdered or exiled. Truganini, the last of the Nuenone, died in 1876, having spent her adult life in exile as a dependent of the colonial government. Describes sealers use of Tasmanian women and Robinson's Port Phillip expedition.truganini, 1812?-1876. | aboriginal tasmanians -- tasmania -- bruny island -- history -- 19th century. | nuenone (australian people) -- tasmania -- bruny island -- history -- 19th century. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Pamphlet, Brown, Edna (Aboriginal History Programme.) et al, Framlingham Mission, 1989
This is held in a set with Cummgunga; Lake Tyers; Lake Condah, Murri Koori; Special People; Memories last Forever.1 folded sheet : ill. ; 22 cm.This is held in a set with Cummgunga; Lake Tyers; Lake Condah, Murri Koori; Special People; Memories last Forever.aboriginal australians -- victoria -- framlingham. | framlingham (vic.) -- history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Roberts, Janine P, Jack of Cape Grim : a Victorian adventure, 1986
Contents: The Tasmanians; Move the Tasmanians to Port Phillip; The Squatters; Melbourne Protected; Melbourne Aborigines Take Up the Gun; The Tasmanians Fight; The Trial; The Execution; The Sequel.Blurb: Jack of Cape Grim is a true story, set in Tasmania and Victoria in the mid1800s. Jack, an Aboriginal, and his friends, the famous Truganini (said, incorrectly, to be the 'last' Tasmanian Aborigine), Bob, Matilda and Fanny brought to Victoria from Tasmania to help'tame' the Victorian Aborigines. The group breaks away from Robinson, the Aboriginal Protector, to seek revenge for their fate, stranded far from homeland.The early white settlers of the Port Phillip District get more than they expected as the Aborigines rampage on the Peninsula, chased by trooper. The outcome is the horrific first public execution in the bustling town of Melbourne.123 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.Contents: The Tasmanians; Move the Tasmanians to Port Phillip; The Squatters; Melbourne Protected; Melbourne Aborigines Take Up the Gun; The Tasmanians Fight; The Trial; The Execution; The Sequel.Blurb: Jack of Cape Grim is a true story, set in Tasmania and Victoria in the mid1800s. Jack, an Aboriginal, and his friends, the famous Truganini (said, incorrectly, to be the 'last' Tasmanian Aborigine), Bob, Matilda and Fanny brought to Victoria from Tasmania to help'tame' the Victorian Aborigines. The group breaks away from Robinson, the Aboriginal Protector, to seek revenge for their fate, stranded far from homeland.The early white settlers of the Port Phillip District get more than they expected as the Aborigines rampage on the Peninsula, chased by trooper. The outcome is the horrific first public execution in the bustling town of Melbourne.truganini, 1812-1876. | aboriginal tasmanians -- treatment. | aboriginal tasmanians -- victoria -- treatment. | aboriginal tasmanians -- government relations. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- government relations. | victoria -- history -- 1834-1851. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Berzins, Baiba, The coming of the strangers : life in Australia 1788-1822, 1988
Contents: The coming of The Strangers; The environment & its shapers; The Governors & Their Circle; Staying & leaving ; The Lot of Women; Australia & the World; Australia in 1822.Blurb: The Coming of The Strangers challenges our ideas about the European settlement of Australia. Through a selection of the many document, painting and engravings held in the Mitchell and Dixon collections of the State Library of New South Wales, a picture of life in Australia is reconstructed - spanning the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to 1822 when the first generation of white Australians had accepted the continent as their home.Those who left no written records: the Aboriginal people; white women and convicts, have been brought to the foreground to give a balanced perspective of history during the earliest decades of European habitation in Australia.The Coming of The Strangers accompanies a major exhibition being held at the State Library of New South Wales during 1988. In co-ordinating both this book and the exhibition, the Mitchell Librarian, Baiba Berzins brings to public view many letters, journals and works of art that have not been published or displayed for over a century.144 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 27 cm.Contents: The coming of The Strangers; The environment & its shapers; The Governors & Their Circle; Staying & leaving ; The Lot of Women; Australia & the World; Australia in 1822.Blurb: The Coming of The Strangers challenges our ideas about the European settlement of Australia. Through a selection of the many document, painting and engravings held in the Mitchell and Dixon collections of the State Library of New South Wales, a picture of life in Australia is reconstructed - spanning the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to 1822 when the first generation of white Australians had accepted the continent as their home.Those who left no written records: the Aboriginal people; white women and convicts, have been brought to the foreground to give a balanced perspective of history during the earliest decades of European habitation in Australia.The Coming of The Strangers accompanies a major exhibition being held at the State Library of New South Wales during 1988. In co-ordinating both this book and the exhibition, the Mitchell Librarian, Baiba Berzins brings to public view many letters, journals and works of art that have not been published or displayed for over a century.australia -- history -- 1788-1851 -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, Aboriginal History - Volume 03. 1-2 1979, 1979
A series of articles on Aboriginal History by well-known historians.166p.; footnotes; bib.; ports.; facsimiles; 25 cm.A series of articles on Aboriginal History by well-known historians.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians -- missions -- new south wales | religions - christianity - missions | religions - christianity - missionaries | music - vocal | literature and stories - story telling and story tellers | language - texts and translations - aboriginal to non-aboriginal language | art - rock art - painting | photography - ethnographic | ceremonies | literature and stories - story telling and story tellers | world war, 1939-1945 -- participation, aboriginal australian. | aboriginal australian soldiers. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- arnhem land. | defence - world war ii | religions - christianity - lutheran church | religions - christianity - missions | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1851- | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1851- | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1851-1900 | government policy - state and territory - queensland | animals - invertebrates - crustacea and molluscs - beche-de-mer / trepang | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Aboriginal Affairs (Association), On Aboriginal Affairs, 1962
... of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history ...A bi-monthly news sheet distributed by "Aboriginal Affairs" a voluntary association which acts as an exchange for items relating to the welfare and advancement of people of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history. No. 12Cummeragunga - new policy no. 11.Assimilation - issues - National Missionary Council No. 917 no. ; 22 cm.A bi-monthly news sheet distributed by "Aboriginal Affairs" a voluntary association which acts as an exchange for items relating to the welfare and advancement of people of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history. No. 12Cummeragunga - new policy no. 11.Assimilation - issues - National Missionary Council No. 9aboriginal australians -- social conditions -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians -- government policy -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians, treatment of -- periodicals. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, Aboriginal History - Volume 05. 1-2 1981, 1981
Articles on various aspects of Australian History articles.178 p.; ill.; tables; footnotes; bibs.; maps; 25 cm.Articles on various aspects of Australian History articles.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | settlement and contacts - chinese | language - change | mining industry - gold | settlement and contacts - afghans | animals - mammals - camels | race relations - racism - stereotyping | language - texts and translations - aboriginal to non-aboriginal language | art - drawing | art - artists | settlement and contacts - macassans and indonesians | language - kriol | language - linguistics - language classification | language - semantics | settlement and contacts - explorers | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, Aboriginal History - Volume 06. 1-2 1982, 1982
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.178 P.; tables; figs.; ports.; footnotes; bibs.; 24 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | hunting, gathering and fishing | social organisation - avoidance rules - avoidance relationships | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions | law enforcement - police conduct and attitudes | race relations - racial discrimination - courts | race relations - racial discrimination - legislative | transport - air - aircraft | settlement and contacts - 20th century | stories and motifs - eagles / hawks / crows | settlement and contacts - explorers | costume and clothing - necklaces, pendants etc. | colonisation | government policy - initial period and protectionism | race relations - racism - stereotyping | sites - dreaming tracks | technology - stone - knapped | literature and stories - authors | literature and stories - fiction | literature and stories - plays | literature and stories - poetry | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, Aboriginal History - Volume 02. 1-2 1978, 1978
A series of articles and reviews on Aboriginal History by leading historians.188 P.; ports.; bib.; footnotes; tables; 25 cm.A series of articles and reviews on Aboriginal History by leading historians.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | dutton, george (1886-1968) | government policy - self determination - 1972-1984 | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850 | religions - christianity - missionaries | religions - christianity - missions -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Melbourne and Metropolitan Archaeological survey, 1/03/1982
History of Aboriginal occupation of the Melbourne area. Evidence of shell midden refuse associated with their campsites. Evidence of scarred trees and scatters of stone artefacts along major stream systems. It has been established that man was in the Melbourne area 40,000 years ago and that Aboriginal occupation probably continued uninterrupted throughout the extremes of the last ice age, around 20,000 years ago when Port Phillip itself was dry land. Study will take 2 - 3 years. Aims (1) identify areas of potential archaeological importance (2) implement a pilot survey program (3) prepare comprehensive proposals for survey of sites. (4) liaise and establish rapport with municipal authorities in study area.aborigines, wurundjeri, bunurong, australian heritage commission, victoria. ministry for conservation, victoria archaeological survey -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Writing Aboriginal history, 1991
Proceedings of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies Conference in Canberra, 1988.Proceedings of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies Conference in Canberra, 1988.Proceedings of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies Conference in Canberra, 1988.winch, ronald t., truscott, marilyn, read, peter, keefe, kevin, aboriginals -
Unions Ballarat
Who are our enemies? : racism and the Australian working class, Ann Curthoys and Andrew Markus (eds), 1978
Tracks racism and discrimination towards the lower-classes, Indigenous persons and immigrants in Australia.Significant to the history of race relations in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; image of a white spanner - black and white picture shaped like a nut; black text. Front cover: editors' names and title.btlc, migrants, immigration, racism, race relations, social class, indigenous, aboriginal, discrimination, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, curthoys, ann, markus, andrew, who are our enemies -
Unions Ballarat
I, the Aboriginal, Lockwood, Douglas, 1962
An oral history of Waipuldanya (AKA Phillip Roberts), a full-blood Aboriginal who became a medical assistant for Department of Health at Darwin Hospital.Oral history. Aboriginal biography.Paper; book. Front cover: colour head image of an Aboriginal man; white lettering.Front cover: title and compiler's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, aboriginal persons, oral histories, biography, department of health - northern territory, darwin hospital, waipuldanya, indigenous australians, aboriginal australians, ethnography, northern territory, alawa people, aboriginal - customs -
Unions Ballarat
Aboriginal workers: Special issue of Labour History #69, Various authors, 11/1995
History of Aboriginal workplace issues in Australia.Indigenous/Aboriginal workplace conditions.Book; paper.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, indigenous issues - aboriginal, work -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/09/2001 12:00:00 AM
Also three colour photographs of Leann Edward paintings Dolphins, Kangaroo Bed Head,Balranald Pub displayed at Nungurner January and February 1996 numbers 04119.1, 04119.2, 04119.3 size 15 x 10 cmColour photograph of Aboriginal artist Leann Edwards before heading to USA to show her artwork to the world. Ten of her paintings launched by expatriate Australian gallery owner Mary Harbour Lakes Entrance Victoriaaboriginals -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Scan Colour Australia, 1950c
Dimitri Cah, a young Italian migrant, painted eighteen murals throughout the Glenara Motel while employed by the proprietors, Frnk and Nancy CreaColour postcard of one of the eighteen murals decorating the internal walls of the Glenara Motel, Lakes Entrance, Victoria. This one shows the artists stylised idea of an Aboriginal camp.Aboriginal Lifelike Sceneaboriginals, motels, arts, rsl clubs -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Poster - Assorted posters
Assorted posters sent to the society. Contains: 0414 - Laminated poster promoting the history of Aboriginal station Coranderrk. 0415 - Poster commemorating the centenary of Federation. 0416 - Poster commemorating the centenary of Australian Federation. 0417 - Double-sided poster promoting the history of Federation in Australia in 1901. Highlights a snapshot of life in Australia in 1901. 0418 - Double-sided poster commemorating the centenary of Australian Federation. One side is a replica of a Federation poster in 1901, and the other side is a timeline of events leading to Federation in 1901. 0419 - Printed poster for the 'Fire Cycle' event held by the Dandenong Ranges Music Council, Inc. at Belgrave Heights Convention Centre on October 8th-9th 2005. Feature possum on a human's hand in front of a burnt landscape. 0422 - Poster of Station Pier. 0423 - Poster focusing on clay pipes from the shipwreck of "Victoria Tower" near Torquay in 1869. 0424 - 2 posters, one green and one blue, about the life of lyrebirds. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: THE LOCAL HEROES
66 page booklet titled The Local Heroes real people, real lives, real stories… Front cover is off white at the top and patterned yellow shades at the bottom with the title in the centre, City of Greater Bendigo above. Background to the Local Heroes Project, drafted by Dr Gan Che ng PhD. MA. Inside the front cover. Photos, names of Students, Principal and Teachers of Bendigo South East College Team, Catholic College Bendigo Team, Eaglehawk Secondary College Team, Girton Grammar School Team and Weeroona College Bendigo team are in the front of the book. There is information about the project. Photo and information about Simmon Pang - Project Initiator/Photographer. Foreword by The Hon. Martin Dixon MP - Minister for Education Victoria with photo and Foreword - Cr Lisa Ruffell - Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo. The following pages have a short synopsis and photo of Barry Ackerman - Expert in the Rubber Industry & Twice Mayor, Joanne Baker - Founder of Righteous Pups Australia, Linda Beilharz OAM - Intrepid Adventurer, Valerie Broad OAM - Founder & Artistic Director of Youth Choir, Paul Chapman - Co-Founder of The Australian Turntable Company, Susanne Clarke - Passionate about Community Engagement, Patrick (Pat) James Connolly - Bendigo Amateur Boxing Club Coach, Robert Jackson (Cookie) Cook - Founder of Horizon House, Geoff Curnow - Farmer & Community Volunteer, Merna Curnow - Farmer & Agricultural Consultant, Jenny Dawson - Accounting & Banking, Laura Dusseljee - Choir Director & Music Teacher, Ian Maxwell Dyett JP - Life Dedicated to Volunteering, Donald James Erskine - Founder of Industrial Conveying Australia, James Victor Evans - Teacher, Historian & Actor, Rod Fyffe - Champion of Arts & Culture, Richard Guy OAM - banker & Philatelist, Edwin Richard (Dick) Hazeldene OAM - Chicken Farmer to Poultry Entrepreneur, Robert (Rob) Hunt AM - Head of Bendigo Adelaide Bank and Founder of Community Banking Model, Russell Goldfield Jack AM - Founder of Golden Dragon Museum, Jack Kelly - Teacher Sharing Experience, Ian George Mansbridge - Farmer, Accountant & Banker, Ken Marchingo - Instigator of Haven; Home Safe, Elizabeth (Beth) McKerlie OAM - Dedicated to Scouting, Gordon McKern OAM - Founder of McKern Steel, Sharelle McMahon - Netballer Extraordinaire, Lola Mary Miller AM BEM - Teacher of Health & Physical Education, Julie Millowick - Accomplished Photographer, Educator & Artist, Dennis Reginald O'Hoy - Academic & Historian, Margaret O'Rourke - A Champion for Connected Communities, Karen Quinlan - Director of Bendigo Art Gallery, Jonathan William Ridnell - Broadcaster, Leon Maxwell Scott OAM - Business Entrepreneur & Rotary Volunteer, Margot Elizabeth Spalding - Co-founder of Jimmy Possum Designer Furniture, Wendy Diane Stavrianos - Painter, Sculptor & Installation Artist, Jack Taylor OAM JP - An Eaglehawk Legend, Wes Vine - School Principal & Vigneron, Lynn Warren - Aboriginal Elder, Raymond James Wild - A Plumber's Story, Diana Williams - Founder of Fernwood Fitness and John Wolseley - International Artist. The back cover also has small photos and the names of people mentioned.ian dyett collection - the local heroes, city of greater bendigo, dr gan che ng, la trobe ubiversity bendigo, bendigo south east college, catholic college bendigo, eaglehawk secondary college, girton grammar school, weeroona college bendigo, simmon pang, the hon martin dixon mp, cr lisa ruffell, bendigo art gallery, city of greater bendigo, the capital - bendigo's performing arts centre, la trobe university australia, catholic kiocese of sandhirst, haven home safe, the hotel shamrock bendigo, hazendene's, bendigo & district aboriginal co-operative, mr baillieu myer ac, bendigo advertiser, australian broadcasting corporation, bendigo chinese association inc - lion team, wannik dance academy dancers, bendigo forever young choir, bendigo youth choir -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - The Procession April 1918
Black and white photograph glued to cardboard. The photograph captures a moment of a procession that took place on Monday April 1, 1918. There is a banner on the windscreen of the car that reads: Australia 1818-1918, a man in a suit is in the driving seat. An aboriginal man is standing on the back holding a boomerang and a sign: "Australia what it was 1818" another man is standing next in farmer's clothes holding wheat and a sign: "Australia has it is 1918". A child is standing near the car while two men on horseback can be seen in the background. Sticker on the back: John Gill in his car parade in 1918. Manager of Unity mine, Long Gully.W.H. Robinson photo Bendigoaustralia, 1918, photograph -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN BATMAN TREATY OF 1835
John Batman's Treaty, signed on the banks of a creek (Merri Creek?) on 16 June 1835, was an agreement with eight Aboriginal leaders to transfer the land of Port Phillip area to Batman. Governor Bourke disallowed the Treaty the same year.australia, history, john batman -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, East Kew Women's Club, Marlene Higgins, 1950s
The East Kew Women’s Club was formed on 20 July 1945 as an experiment amongst local women, who felt that there was a need for some organised group to give full scope to their various interests and hobbies. In the beginning, they met at the house of their founder, Mrs Eric Thake, 48 Harp Road, East Kew, but the growth and interest was so rapid that it was soon necessary to find a larger meeting place, so the group moved to the Harrier’s Pavilion in Victoria Park, Kew. At the fifth meeting of the group, a committee was formed, and a constitution adopted on 4 December 1945.The Club was aimed to be non-political, non-sectarian and open to women from any locality. The Club’s motto was “To Help others, Improve Ourselves, and Foster the Community Spirit”. The first twenty years of the Club was recorded in a small, nine-page publication “East Kew Women’s Club : Twenty Years 20-7-1945 - 30-7-1965”. Following the closure of the Club in 1973, after twenty-eight years, its records were deposited with the Kew Historical Society and are thus available for research into the history of women’s groups in the post war period in Australia. The Society holds the Club’s Minute Books of Meetings (1953-73), Attendance Registers (1959-73), Visitors Book, and sundry items of print ephemera published by the Club.Black and white photograph of Marlene Higgins, an Aboriginal girl who was sponsored by the East Kew Women's Club. The photograph is stuck into one of their registers.east kew women's club, community organisations -- kew east (vic.), aboriginal and torres straight islander -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Agnes P Bell, Melbourne: John Batman’s Village, 1965
A history of Melbourne, tracing its development from the riverside village founded by John Batman to the metropolis of the 1960s; includes description of Aboriginal corroborees and other early encounters with the Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.Melbourne, Vic. : Cassell Australia, 1965 xiv, 178p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., map, porto. ; 25cm. non-fictionA history of Melbourne, tracing its development from the riverside village founded by John Batman to the metropolis of the 1960s; includes description of Aboriginal corroborees and other early encounters with the Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.batman, john, 1801-1839, melbourne (vic.) -- history., settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1851- -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith Collection
Book, Faine, Jon, Lawyers in the Alice : Aboriginals and whitefellas' law, 1993
... central australian aboriginal legal aid service -- history ...Previous owner: T. H. Smithcentral australian aboriginal legal aid service -- history, aboriginal australians -- legal status: laws: etc. -- northern territory -- alice springs, aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- alice springs -- interviews, legal aid -- northern territory -- alice springs -- history, lawyers -- australia -- interviews -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, There goes the neighbourhood!; Australia's migrant experience, 1984
This book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. The negative aspects of Australian immigration are not glossed over and it looks at the terrible consequences for the Aboriginal people, the nineteenth century Chinese experience and the migrant hostel riots of 1952, among its many other topics. Michael Dugan lived locally in Surrey Hills. This book was commissioned by/for: Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs.The book has a place in this collection by virtue of Michael Dugan having been a local resident.This book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. The negative aspects of Austaralian immigration are not glossed over and it looks at the terrible consequences for the Aboriginal people, the nineteenth century Chinese experience and the migrant hostel riots of 1952, among its many other topics.Surrey Hills History(mr) michael dugan, (mr) josef szwarc, immigration, social interaction, social life and customs, ethnic communties, multiculturalism, history - australia -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper, Patrice Mahoney, 'Jobs, Policy and LOST' (tryptich) by Patrice Mahoney, 2014
These works are a display of my frustration of hour our family were lucky we were not beheaded, scalped, taken away and impaled as a warning to others not to enter farming lands, which had been traditional lands of the Nganyaywana country. The word 'Policy' represents the White Australia Policy, the word "Lost' stands for those lost including hundreds of family members, 'Jobs' asks why Aboriginal people can only find employment if through Aboriginal positions and policies. The number 3 symbolises myself and my siblings, red is for bloodshed, blue is for secrets and black the family history. Patrice MUTHAYMILES MAHONEY OAM Anewan/Nganyaywan/Dunghutti country. Patrice Mahoney is a printmaker, sculptor, weaver, drawer and painter. Her work challenges mainstream and Aboriginal Australians and is profoundly influenced by space, place and country, taking inspiration from nature, environment and looking forward to a time when she can return to her family's traditional country to make work. In 2012 the artist completed a Bachelor of Visual and Media Arts at Monash University’s Churchill campus (from 2014 Federation University's Churchill Campus). The Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2014 were exhibited and judged at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.This unique edition triptych involves the techniques of intaglio copper plate, pigment, soft ground, open bite, aquatint, spit-bite, stamping, relief, drawing and burnishing on paper. It was awarded the 2014 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Federation University Acquisitive Award for for work by a Victorian regional artist. Text, colour, metaphor and Aboriginal symbolism are important components of her work. This work expresses the artist's frustration with unjust situations experienced by traditional owners of Nganyaywana country. The word 'Policy' refers to White Australia Policy, 'Lost' the hundreds of lost family members, and 'Jobs' highlights the difficulty of Aboriginal peple obtaining work, especially outside Aboriginal positions and policy. The number 3 symbolises Patrice Mahoney's siblings, with black used to denote family history. The violently splattered red represents bloodshed, with the blue washing across the work obscuring details and representing secrets. The Selection Panel of the 2014 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards made the following comments on the work: 'The selection panel for the Federation University Acquisitive Award for 2014 were highly impressed by this work and applauded the vigorous use of symbolism and metaphor in a well scripted visual composition. The poignancy of connectedness to the past, memory, place and country is palpable and enhanced by the suggestive employment of text and minimal colour. A provocative and evocative work of art!artist, artwork, patrice mahoney, aboriginal, victorian indigenous awards, jobs, culture, printmaking, drawing, policies, lost, victorian indigenous art awards, available, alumni -
Federation University Art Collection
Sculpture - Mace, 'University Mace' by Trefor Prest, 1995
The University's mace was carried in procession for the first time during the Graduation ceremonies in May 1996. The mace was presented to the University by former Chief Commissioner of the Ballarat City Council, Vern Robson, at a ceremony on 02 February, following a national competition for its design, sponsored by the Council. (The Flag, Issue 2, July 1996) Nineteen artists responded to the competition which called for a design that would embody a distinctive Australian image reflecting the heritage of the city and in relationship with gold, an Aboriginal element and the history of the University. The winning entry, dominated by a poppet head, was submitted by Central Victorian artist/sculptor Trefor Prest, a sessional lecturer in sculpture at the University.(The Flag, Issue 2, July 1996) The Herald Sun of 03 February 1996 reported 'the new mace shows importance elements of Ballarat's heritage as well as the university's focus on the future. The artist emphasises the egalitarian nature of Australia as embodied in Ballarat's famous slice of history - the Eureka uprising. ... The mace has a poppet head at the top of the shaft - an unusual element for a mace - but it represents Ballarat's mining history and the University's evolution from the Ballarat School of Mines. An opening egg at the top stands for the nurturing of development and learning. The mace's straight shaft is depicted as the tree of knowledge and, incorporating a bark canoe scar, Ballarat's Aboriginal heritage. At the end of the shaft is a surveying device, which represents precision and accuracy ads embodied in the university's academic pursuits.' Bob Morrell of the University organised the national competition to design the mace and said 'It is in keeping with the university's logo, 'proudly flying the flag', which incorporates the Southern Cross.' This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. Trefor Prest lectured in Sculpture at the University of Ballarat from 1995-1996.The mace symbolises the office of the Chancellor. The design of the mace is the outcome of a national competition and represents the cultural diversity of Australia. The poppet head on the top of the mace refers to gold mining, which underpinned the development of Ballarat. The protruding spikes recall the Eureka Stockade. The 'egg' shape enfolds and nurtures the development of knowledge and learning. The shaft with the three 'branches' represents the Tree of Knowledge, and includes a bark canoe scar which recognises the integration of black and white Australian traditions. The lower part of the shaft culminates in a device suggestive of scientific or surveying and measuring technology. This represents precision and accuracy embodied in the academic pursuits of Federation University Australia.art, artwork, trefor prest, prest, mace, federation university, university, eureka stockade, aborigines, scarred tree, mining, university mace, ballarat -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Printmaking - Silkscreen, Lin Onus, 'Walawala Garrkman' by Lin Onus, 2001
... of colonial and Aboriginal Australia. His father, Bill Onus... and Aboriginal Australia. His father, Bill Onus, was the founder ...Lin ONUS (1948-1996) Language: Wiradjuri / Yorta Yorta Lin Onus played a pivotal role in the recognition of Aboriginal art as an expression of a contemporary and dynamic living culture. Prior to his premature death at just 47 years of age he was a prominent, strident, yet non-confrontational agent in renegotiating the history of colonial and Aboriginal Australia. His father, Bill Onus, was the founder of the Aboriginal Advancement League in Victoria and a prominent maker of artefacts in Melbourne. As a young Koori growing up, Lin lived in a cultural environment that included exposure to visiting Aboriginal artists, including Albert Namatjira. He began his artistic life assisting his father in decorating artifacts, went on to develop skills working with metal and painting with air brush as a panel beater; and by 1974 he was painting watercolors and photo-realist landscapes. In the 1970's he completed a set of paintings on the first Aboriginal guerrilla fighter Mosquito, which holds pride of place on the walls of the Advancement League in Melbourne, to this day. Lin Onus was a largely self-taught artist. Particularly important in his development was his visits to Garmedi (Arnhem Land) starting in 1986. Jack Wunuwun, the Yolngu artist, introduced him into the Murrungun-Djinang clan and gave him permission to use some of traditional images in his paintings. His cultural education on the Aboriginal side was also provided by visits to Cummeragunja with his father, and stories told by his uncle Aaron Briggs, known as 'the old man of the forest' who gave him his Koori name - Burrinja, meaning 'star'. They would sit on the banks of the Murray River within view of the Barmah Forest, Lin's spiritual home, the subject of many of his later paintings and his final resting place. Lin's father had been of the Yorta Yorta people from the Barmah Forest country, and Lin also used images from this area in his paintings. The images in his works include haunting photorealist portrayals of the Barmah red gum forests of his father's ancestral country, and the use of rarrk cross-hatching-based based painting style that he learned (and was given permission to use when in Arnhemland). His painting Barmah Forest won Canberra's national Aboriginal Heritage Award in 1994. (http://www.cooeeart.com.au/aboriginal_artist/lin_onus/A, accessed 18 May 2015) This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed limited edition silkscreen.Signed 'Onus' lower right (posthumously by Tiriki Onus) Edition 68/80art, artwork, lin onus, onus, printmaking, screenprint, aboriginal, dreaming, frogs, available -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Silent lives : women of Warrnambool and district 1840-1910, 2017
... . australian aboriginal australian women pioneers women aboriginal ...A narrative of the pioneering women of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the 1840’s-1910. Includes photographs, illustrations, paintings, bibliography, index.374 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexnon-fictionA narrative of the pioneering women of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the 1840’s-1910. Includes photographs, illustrations, paintings, bibliography, index.history & archaeology., society & social sciences., women -- victoria -- warrnambool -- biography., warrnambool (vic.) -- biography., warrnambool (vic.) -- history., australian, aboriginal australian, women pioneers, women aboriginal australian -- victoria, book