This book is a collection of Victorian Indigenous Elders' life stories and oral histories. The Elders share their stories in an attempt to ensure that both sides of Australia's history are finally heard. These stories tell of cultural resistance on missions, of defying assimilation laws, of forever moving around to save children from the welfare. They document the development of both fringe and urban communities and work in the Aboriginal rights movement. They clarify the ways in which these experiences have affected the individual authors along with the indigenous population in general. Also included in the book is a brief history and analysis of the legislation, policies, attitudes and strategies that have affected the lives of the authors and their families since colonisation. This aspect provides an historical perspective, encouraging a deeper understanding of the Elders' stories. Reconciliation can only eventuate with an understanding gained from hearing and including the voices of Indigenous Australians. Contents: The writing team Indigenous elders: keepers of knowledge; custodians of land and culture Aboriginal lands Missions and reserves Growing up running from the welfare /? Aunty Olive Jackson Respecting our Elders /? Aunty Lola James If your mother didn't tell you, then your grandmother did! /? Uncles Les Stewart Don't dwell on trouble /? Aunty Audrey Critch There are my people /? Aunty Gwen Nelson We were all cousins, more or less /? Aunty Iris Lovett-Gardiner Aboriginality is about culture, not colour /? Aunty Dianne Phillips Take up the opportunities we struggled to make /? Aunty Frances Gallagher Home /? Aunty Eileen Alberts We were supposed to forget our Aboriginality /? Aunty Gwen Garoni Not enough heart to say sorry? /? Uncle Brian Kennewell-Taylor Learning from indigenous elders: Keeping the traditions, keeping the culture strong; Since time immemorial; Invasion: the tide ran red; The flood of legislation; Stolen children; Cultural resistance: holding on to children traditions and land; Organised resistance: a movement is born; The 1950s: community resistance to race laws; The price of assimilation; The Aboriginal rights movement; After the flood: self-determination; Turning the tide Bibliography Appendix. Cultural custodianship: developing an indigenous methodology.maps, colour illustrations, b&w photographswiradjuri, victorian indigenous elders, oral histories, yorta yorta, dja dja wurrung, language maps, victorian missions and reserves, lake condah, framlingham, coranderrk, ramahyuck, lake tyers, wahgunyah, cummeragunja, moonahcullah, balranald, ebenezer, maloga, acheron

b&w photographs, letters, maps, tablessouth australian history, colebrook home, gerard mission, race relations, indigenous legislation

"The hated Protector" tells for the first time the real story behind the extraordinary experiences of Charles Sievwright, Assistant Aboriginal Protector from 1839-42 in what was then part of the British colony of New South Wales, but is now the Western District of the Australian state of Victoria. Sievwright, an Edinburgh-born former British army officer, lived in the bush with his young family as he tried to save the Aborigines of the District from extinction. In doing so, he would isolate himself from the rest of his fellow whites. The hated Protector tells of this process. The book should appeal to anyone interested in British colonial and Australian history, particularly in the years of first contact between British settlers and the Aborigines. More broadly, it should also appeal to anyone interested a story of one man's battle against overwhelming odds, where the price of failure was numerous deaths. It is a story of hatred, prejudice, courage, determination, and hope. In telling Sievwright's story, Lindsey Arkley draws largely on original archival material, including official reports, journals and letters, found in Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Edinburgh and London. Most has never before been published. The archival material is supplemented by contemporary newspaper accounts, and some oral history. Full notes are given to all sources, and the book is indexed and lavishly illustrated with drawings by Joan Bognuda, as well as about 80 paintings and samples of documents. Contents: 1. In the bush 2. "Equal and indiscriminate justice" 3. "A few doses of lead" 4. "A curse to the land" 5. "The most unpopular man" 6. Retaliation 7. A hostage debate 8. Hallucinations 9. A mass escape 10. Possessors of the soil 11. Move to Keilambete 12. Bureaucratic 13. "A hideous pandemonium" 14. Divine visitations 15. Pay backs 16. Explanations 17. A squatter on trial 18. Claptrap and deceit 19. The black cap - 20. To Mt Rouse 21. "The impending evil" 22. In the balance 23. An arrest at Mt Rouse 24. A fair moral name 25. Roger's trial 16. Intensified evidence 27. A declaration of war 28. Mr Cold Morning 29. Holding ranks 30. To rags 31. Fightback 32. Return to London 33. The inquiry 34. Judgement 35. And what remains.maps, document reproductions, b&w photographs, colour photographs, b&w illustrationscharles wightman sievwright, racial policies, british colonial history, race relations, victorian history

Deals with the healing from colonial dispossession and the trauma caused Indigenous people by drug abuse, alcoholism and various forms of abuse. The creation of change and healing through personal stories.jiman, bundjalung, psychological trauma, psychology, indigenous mental health, spiritual healing

William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. This is the first publication in English of his nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life.Maps, b&w illustrationsaboriginal australian history, pictorial histories, william blandowski

Thomas Mitchell, surveyor in Sydney from 1827 at the time when Squatters were extending their runs with huge detriment to the Aboriginal population. Mitchell and his men were ambiguous in their treatment of the people. His conviction was in the superiority of the British civilisation.Maps, b&w illustrationsthomas mitchell, new south wales history, race relations, racism, colonisation

A time for reconciliation / Bob Hawke -- Treaty is a recipe for separatism / John Howard -- A treaty for land justice and self-determination / Janine Haines -- Why a treaty? / Galarrwuy Yunupingu -- Aborigines are Australian, too / Bob Liddle -- Fallacies weaken the case for a treaty / Geoffrey Blainey -- Why whites also need an Aboriginal treaty / Roberta Sykes -- The quest for Aboriginal sovereignty / Hugh Morgan -- Legal and constitutional considerations / Mark Cooray -- Australia as terra nullius / Peter van Hattem -- Canada: towards Aboriginal self-government? / Jean Chretien -- American Indian treaties: historic relics / Peter Samuel -- The long aftermath of Waitangi / Antomy C. Turner -- Appendix 1: The Barunga statement -- Appendix 2: Preamble to the ATSIC Bill -- Appendix 3: Press attitudes to a treaty -- Appendix 4: Aboriginal population and landmaps, b&w photographsrace relations, racism, government relations, treaties

Summary of proceedings of a conference session on Native Title at the annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Society, University of Sydney, 28-30 September, 1994. Looking at the legal process and roles in Native Title claims.chartsnative title

colour illustrations, b&w illustrationsreconciliation, social change, campaigning, australian youth

Journal style notes with maps and illustrations of the journey of Major Mitchell.maps, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, tablesthomas mitchell, australia felix, northern victoria, western victoria, local history, exploration

Comprehensive edition including all aspects of Aboriginal history, culture, heritage and environment.maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, tables

Language is power. It is used to describe and direct events fictional and true. This book describes how historians have manufactured a flattering Australian race relations history. Conned! challenges established perceptions of Indigenous Australians.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, chartsaboriginal languages association, atsic, education, electoral system, moravian

"A landmark history of Indigenous Australia which accompanies a major nine part Australian television series. It combines the most rigorous academic research with capitvating contemporary story-telling. Richly illustrated book that includes images of the landscape, evocative ninteenth-century photography and Aboriginal art. Written by Australia's leading Indigenous historian and public intellectuals"--Provided by publisher.maps, document reproductions, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, colour photographs, b&w photographscolonisation, race relations, australian aboriginal history, pictorial histories

Seven leading Australian historians reveal the true stories of individuals - black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period between 1788, when Governor Phillip met Bennelong, and 1993, after Koiko Mabo's legal challenge was decided.aboriginal australians. aboriginal australians -- history -- pictorial works. aboriginal australians, treatment of. aboriginal australians -- history. australia. australia -- history.

Original notes taken by Fison and Howitt into marriage rites and customs in the Kurnai, Kamilaroi and JAMILARAAY people. It looks at kinship terms. Includes maps.tableskurnai, kamilaroi, gournditch mara, gunditjmara, lake condah

This book demonstrates how, from the earliest times of European colonisation, Aboriginal Australians across all states and territories experienced the trauma of loss and separation, as their children were abducted, enslaved, institutionalised and culturally remodelled.b&w photographs, newspaper articlesvictorian aboriginal child care agency, victorian aborigines advancement league, victorian aboriginal legal service, stolen generations, colonisation

This report presents the results of a project that looked at the attitudes to child protection of Pitjantjatjara women living on the AP lands in South Australia. It also looks at the implications of the views and experiences discussed by the women interviewed.colour illustrations, mapspitjantjatjara, child abuse, child welfare, social policy

This consultation draft is a sketch grammar of Wergaia, incorporating a revised Wergaia Wordlist (version 1), now renamed Wergaia dictionary, which was developed from recent and historical sources, and funded by the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages. It is not intended for use as a language course. To fully understand its contents, the reader will need a high level of knowledge about the structure of Australian languages. Rather, it is intended for use as an adjunct to a course in Wergaia, such as the VCE Study Design Indigenous Languages of Victoria: Revival and Reclamation - Wergaia.colour photographs, b&w photographs, word listswergaia, wotjobaluk, barengi gadyin land council inc, grammar, language learning

Response by Governments to the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody. Looks at likely causes, bail, Legal Services, links with family and community, language and heritage.criminal justice system, australian law enforcement, police, aboriginal prisoners, race relations, racism, racial stereotyping

A tribute to the strengths and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by forcible removal. It acknowledges the hardship they endured and the sacrifices they made. Dedicated to those who found the strength to tell their stories to the Inquiry and to the generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people separated from their families and communities. Includes stories and recommendations.colour photographs, colour illustrations, b&w photographs, graphschild protection, institutional care, child custody, australian aboriginal history, aboriginal children, social justice, public policy, government policy, link up

Review in 1994 examined language maintenance activities at Borroloola, Kempsey, Ringers Soak (Yaruman) and Saibai Island specifically and other language maintenance and revival activities in Australia and overseas; principles espoused include those of indigenous consultation, decision -making and control, increasing services to improve community life, training in language matters and indigenous literacy, promotion of language use in schools and of importance of language, funding for broadcasting, training, language and education programs, research, publication and information exchange.language maintenance, language and education

The National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005 highlights that: of an original estimated 250 known Australian Indigenous languages, only 18 languages are now considered 'strong' and have speakers in all age groups; about 110 Indigenous languages are still spoken by older people but are endangered; words and phrases are still in use and there is community support in many parts of the country for reclamation and learning programs for many other languages which are no longer fully spoken; communities around Australia possess many of the elements required to keep Indigenous languages strong or to reclaim them. They have skilled and devoted language workers and teachers, excellent teaching materials, good documentation of languages and active community language centresmaps, colour photographs, tables, graphsaboriginal english, education, aiatsis, fatsil, language endangerment, language maintenance, language revival, language policy, language proficiency

Report of Needs Survey of Community Languages, including, Methodology, Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Torres Strait Islanders, Western Australia, Northern Territory and summary.

Report from VIYAC by young Indigenous Victorians telling of Culture, Identity and Racism.b&w illustrationsmonero, gubbi gubbi, gunditjmara, yorta yorta, murri, koorie, youth, aboriginal australians, attitudes, culture, identity, racism, public opinion, victoria