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Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Clean Up Australia Day 1991 Bottles, Malmsbury 26/3/1991
Associated with - M.H.S Buildings - Cemetery -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Education Kit, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Indigenous Australia, 1993
Booklets to introduce Aboriginal culture and lifestyles past and present throughout Australia. Extra copies in stackin stack12 booklets ; in folder, 31 cm.Booklets to introduce Aboriginal culture and lifestyles past and present throughout Australia. Extra copies in stackin stackaboriginal australians -- social life and customs. aboriginal australians -- social conditions. aboriginal australians -- history. arts, aboriginal australian. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Bakker, Peter, "Fighting for country" Honouring Aborigines from South West Victoria who served Australia during wartime, 2014
Contains lists of service men and women of Aboriginl descent with connections to South West Victoria. A valuable resource to Victorian Aboriginal service men and women.12 P. photographs; map; lists.Contains lists of service men and women of Aboriginl descent with connections to South West Victoria. A valuable resource to Victorian Aboriginal service men and women.armed services - aboriginal servicemen and women - south west victoria -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Osborne, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), The other Australia : the crisis in Aboriginal health, 1982
144 p. ; 30 cm. .health services for australian aborigines | aboriginal australians -- medical care. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Roberts, Janine, From Massacres to mining. The colonization of Aboriginal Australia, 1978
White colonisation of Australia; violent conflict; establishment of reserves; current situation legal oppression in Queensland; racism and discrimination; poverty, malnutrition and disease; government policy; land rights; mining on Aboriginal land; Aboriginal struggle for rights.212 P.; appendices; maps; plates; ill.; footnotes; bib.; refs.; figs.; 21 cm.White colonisation of Australia; violent conflict; establishment of reserves; current situation legal oppression in Queensland; racism and discrimination; poverty, malnutrition and disease; government policy; land rights; mining on Aboriginal land; Aboriginal struggle for rights.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- government relations. | aboriginal australians -- land tenure. | colonisation | economics - income - poverty and low income | government policy | health - nutrition disorders | land rights - mining industry | land rights - excisions and leases - mining leases | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | race relations - racial discrimination - legislative -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Printed Sheets, Barrett, Charles, Blackfellows of Australia, 1936
Covers a wide range of aboriginal tribes and areas dealing with customs and art work beliefs and history. Some early plates curtesy of the Melbourne Museum.44p.; facsimiles; figs.; 30 cm.Covers a wide range of aboriginal tribes and areas dealing with customs and art work beliefs and history. Some early plates curtesy of the Melbourne Museum.aborigines-social life and customs., aborigines-victoria, murray river tribes-social life and customs. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Printed Sheets, Aboriginal Organisations, Letters to the Government of Australia from various Aboriginal Organisations, 1988
A series of letters to the Hawke Government around the period 1988 from various Aboriginal Organisations regarding Aboriginal Affairs.69 letters; 30 cm.A series of letters to the Hawke Government around the period 1988 from various Aboriginal Organisations regarding Aboriginal Affairs.aboriginal affairs-correspondence with government, government, australia-aboriginal affairs. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Ball, Desmond, Aborigines in the defence of Australia, 1991
This book is designed to provide all the information required for informed consideration of the potential role of Aborigines in the defence of Australia, for clarification and resolution of the disparate and complex issues involved and for the design of policy initiatives to realise the potential of Aborigines in Australia's defence planning and operations.vii-xxii; 240 P.; figs.; maps; notes; bib.; index; tables; 23 cm.This book is designed to provide all the information required for informed consideration of the potential role of Aborigines in the defence of Australia, for clarification and resolution of the disparate and complex issues involved and for the design of policy initiatives to realise the potential of Aborigines in Australia's defence planning and operations.world war, 1939-1945 -- participation, aboriginal australian. | world war, 1939-1945 -- participation, torres strait islander. | aboriginal australian soldiers. | australia -- armed forces -- minorities -- history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Roberts, Stephen H, The squatting age in Australia, 1835-1847, 1935
Brief mention of Aborigines throughout; p.87-217; Gov. Gipps policy, p.89; Faithfull party massacre; p.157; depredations and attacks by natives at Ovens; p.159; Murders by Werribee natives; 316317; Attacks on Pee Dee Station on the Macleay; 329-337; Early history of missions, govt. policy, murders etc., natives as shepherds; Early types of employment for natives in Queensland.ix, 378 p. : maps. ; appendices; footnotes; 22 cm.Brief mention of Aborigines throughout; p.87-217; Gov. Gipps policy, p.89; Faithfull party massacre; p.157; depredations and attacks by natives at Ovens; p.159; Murders by Werribee natives; 316317; Attacks on Pee Dee Station on the Macleay; 329-337; Early history of missions, govt. policy, murders etc., natives as shepherds; Early types of employment for natives in Queensland.squatters - australia. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Brady, Maggie, Heavy metal : the social meaning of petrol sniffing in Australia, 1992
In Heavy Metal the author attempts to go beyond the socio-political or disease models. Brady focuses on petrol (gasoline) sniffing in a number of Aboriginal communities to arrive at an understanding of the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour.... This informed ethnographic account is the first major published study of contemporary drug use by Aborigines.xii, 223 p. ; ill., maps : 24 cm.In Heavy Metal the author attempts to go beyond the socio-political or disease models. Brady focuses on petrol (gasoline) sniffing in a number of Aboriginal communities to arrive at an understanding of the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour.... This informed ethnographic account is the first major published study of contemporary drug use by Aborigines.petrol sniffing -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- health and hygiene. | aboriginal australians -- substance use. | inhalant abuse -- australia. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Burbank, Victoria Katherine, Fighting women : anger and aggression in Aboriginal Australia, 1994
xvi, 250 p. : 24 cm.women, aboriginal australian -- northern territory -- arnhem land -- social conditions. | women -- northern territory -- arnhem land -- psychology. | aggressiveness -- northern territory -- arnhem land. | sex role -- northern territory -- arnhem land. | interpersonal relations. | feminist criticism -- northern territory -- arnhem land. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Article - Thesis, Bird, Greta, The 'Civilising Mission': Race and the Construction of Aboriginal Crime in Australia, 1984
Analysis of dispossession and marginalization as a socio-political construction of Aboriginal crime, particularly summary offences; Relations with police and role of ALS; alcohol and crime; role of customary law. "The object of my research was to discover whether Australian Aborigines were being arrested, convicted and imprisoned at a rate, vis a vis whites, that was statistically significant, and if so, whether there were any discernable causes for this involvement in the criminal system." A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.[ii], 67 p. ; bib.; notes; 30 cm.Analysis of dispossession and marginalization as a socio-political construction of Aboriginal crime, particularly summary offences; Relations with police and role of ALS; alcohol and crime; role of customary law. "The object of my research was to discover whether Australian Aborigines were being arrested, convicted and imprisoned at a rate, vis a vis whites, that was statistically significant, and if so, whether there were any discernable causes for this involvement in the criminal system." A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.aboriginal australians -- crime. | criminal justice, administration of -- australia. | race discrimination -- australia. | discrimination in criminal justice administration -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- south australia -- criminal justice system. | aboriginal australians -- western australia -- criminal justice system. | criminal justice, administration of -- south australia. | criminal justice, administration of -- western australia. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Printed Sheets, McBryde, I et al, The Distribution of Greenstone Axes in Southeastern Australia: preliminary report: Mankind Vol. 10 No. 3 June 1976: 163-174 "Wil-im-ee Moor-ring" or Where do axes come from? Mankind Vol. 11 1978: 354-82, 1976
Two papers outlining the greenstone sites in Victoria, their distribution and role in exhange in the communities.163-174 P.; maps; figs.refs.; bib. and vol 11 354-382 P.; maps; notes; graphs;tables; bib. Two papers outlining the greenstone sites in Victoria, their distribution and role in exhange in the communities. greenstone - quarry sites - victoria., aboriginal greenstone ?xes - south-eastern australia - sites., exchanged - greenstone - aborighinals, victoria. mount camel. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Schools in Australia
A manuscript criticism of the section on education in a book by Mr Brennan, mainly criticising the perceived discrimination against church schools in the 19th century.A manuscript criticism of the section on education in a book by Mr Brennan, mainly criticising the perceived discrimination against church schools in the 19th century.A manuscript criticism of the section on education in a book by Mr Brennan, mainly criticising the perceived discrimination against church schools in the 19th century.schools, national schools, victoria national schools board, victoria. denominational schools board, victoria. board of education -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Commonwealth of Australia, 1973
Officer Cadet School ordinary permit to use defence road and the area of the Point Nepean Defence Reserve for the purpose of sightseeing issued to Nunawading Historical Society for 16 Sep 1973.Officer Cadet School ordinary permit to use defence road and the area of the Point Nepean Defence Reserve for the purpose of sightseeing issued to Nunawading Historical Society for 16 Sep 1973.Officer Cadet School ordinary permit to use defence road and the area of the Point Nepean Defence Reserve for the purpose of sightseeing issued to Nunawading Historical Society for 16 Sep 1973.armed forces, officer cadet school, portsea, australian government -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Australia Day Festival, 1992
Proposed program of events for the City of Nunawading Family FestivalProposed program of events for the City of Nunawading Family FestivalProposed program of events for the City of Nunawading Family Festivalaustralia day, city of nunawading, festivals and celebrations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Australia Day Family festival, 1982 - 1984
Nunawading commemorative envelopes and stamps, 1982, 1983 &1984Nunawading commemorative envelopes and stamps, 1982, 1983 &1984Nunawading commemorative envelopes and stamps, 1982, 1983 &1984city of nunawading, australia day, festivals and celebrations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Australia Day Family Festival 1989, 26/01/1989 12:00:00 AM
Program of events for City of Nunawading festival.Program of events for City of Nunawading festival.Program of events for City of Nunawading festival.australia day, city of nunawading, festivals and celebrations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, The Fruitgrowers and Primary Producers Defence League of Australia, 1946
To WG Payne from Reporter Pty Ltd1 4.1946To WG Payne from Reporter Pty Ltd account rendered 2 6.1946Ditto 3 4.1946To WG Payne from G Compton re inconvenience to growers in stands ôKö & ôLö 4 6.1946To WG Payne from HJ Noonan re registration of citrus growers & limit planting 5n.some activities of District Council since last year 6 4.1946To WG Payne from JM Ward re Mr GayfordÆs lecture on pest control measures 7 7.1946To WG Payne from HJ Noonan re notice of AGM 8 4.1946To WG Payne from G Handsyde re meeting concerning citrus growers organizations 9 5.1946To WG Payne from GW Gayford re a suitable date for his lecture 10 6.1946To WG Payne from G Handsyde re an official representation at meeting 11 5.1946To WG Payne from G Handsyde re lecture by Mr Gayford 12 3.1946To WG Payne from G Compton re congestion in sheds ôKö & ôLö 13 3.1946To WG Payne from W McKenzie re registration & licensing of growers 1410.1945To WG Payne from GW Gayford re DDT spray substitute for nicotine-sulphate 1510.1945To RS Ryan from FM Forde re concern of importation of apples from America 16n.d.To M&MDC;DL from W Payne re action of Inspectors condemning bushel cases 1710.1945To WG Payne from JM Ward re neglected orchards due to shortage of labour 1810.1945To MMDC F&PP Defence League from HC Pope re production of Secateurs 1910.1945To WG Payne from JM Ward re transferring of Orchard Supervisors 20 2.1945T0 WG Payne from HJ Noonan re copy of Conference report. To WG Payne from Reporter Pty Ltd clubs and associations, fruitgrowers and primary producers defence league of australia -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, The Fruitgrowers and Primary Producers Defence League of Australia, 1960 - 1961
List of members of the League - Doncaster, East Burwood, Wattle Glen, Panton Hill, Wantirna, Bacchus Marsh 1960-61.List of members of the League - Doncaster, East Burwood, Wattle Glen, Panton Hill, Wantirna, Bacchus Marsh 1960-61. Also envelope addressed to 'Mr W.G. & Mrs E.L. Payne, Bacchus Marsh with note 'List of members, Doncaster area'List of members of the League - Doncaster, East Burwood, Wattle Glen, Panton Hill, Wantirna, Bacchus Marsh 1960-61. clubs and associations, fruitgrowers and primary producers defence league of australia, payne, w.g., payne, e.l. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Australia Day Program, 1991
Talk by Diane Sydenham on 'Windows on Nunawading' at Nunawading Library on 26 January 1991.Talk by Diane Sydenham on 'Windows on Nunawading' at Nunawading Library on 26 January 1991.Talk by Diane Sydenham on 'Windows on Nunawading' at Nunawading Library on 26 January 1991.australia day, public libraries, nunawading library, sydenham, diane. windows on nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Turner Australia Hand Tools, 1963
Printed Catalogue of hand tools.Catalogue of hand tools - screwdrivers, planes, hammers, knives, spirit levels, hacksaws, measuring tapes, gardening tools, lawn mowers, with price list.Printed Catalogue of hand tools.turner industries, lawnmowers, tools -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Australia, here we come, 1996
A Story for the descendants of pioneer Sarah Lowen.A Story for the descendants of pioneer Sarah Lowen.A Story for the descendants of pioneer Sarah Lowen.payne, elsie, lowen family, east burwood methodist church, burwood east -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet - Newsletter, National Seniors Australia Bulletin, 2003-10
Bulletin of the Whitehorse/Box Hill Branch Vol. 1/2 Oct 2003-Vol. 7/8 April 2010.Bulletin of the Whitehorse/Box Hill Branch Vol. 1/2 Oct 2003-Vol. 7/8 April 2010.Bulletin of the Whitehorse/Box Hill Branch Vol. 1/2 Oct 2003-Vol. 7/8 April 2010.aged people, seniors magazine -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, National Seniors Australia Whitehorse/Box Hill Branch, 2003-2005
Papers: Annual Reports 2004-2007Papers: Annual Reports 2004-2007; Attendance Registers Sep 2003-Feb 2005Papers: Annual Reports 2004-2007aged people, seniors -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Carter's Price Guide to Antiques in Australia, 1991
A Comprehensive price guide with photographs of antiques for sale and where to find them.A Comprehensive price guide with photographs of antiques for sale and where to find them.A Comprehensive price guide with photographs of antiques for sale and where to find them.antiques, antique shops -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Three years in Australia, n.d
Document written by Norma Jamieson re Clara Aspinall during the years 1858 - 1861 regarding life in Melbourne.aspinall, clara, social history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Australia Day award Bob Cottingham, 31/01/1990 12:00:00 AM
Article in Nunawading Gazette on Bob Cottingham.Article in Nunawading Gazette on Bob Cottingham who has been awarded the council's Community Service Award in recognition of many years of community service.Article in Nunawading Gazette on Bob Cottingham.cottingham, bob, nunawading community chest, melbourne walking club inc, nunawading historical society, early planning for retirement, probus club nunawading, flute guild of victoria, royal freemasons homes, australian institute of credit management -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Daniel Robertson Australia, 2000
Photo taken of old Quarry at the Daniel Robertson Brickworks, looking South-East towards Norcal Road. Quarry located behind present Brickwork Buildings.robertson, daniel, station street, nunawading, nos. 58 to 74, brickworks, quarries -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Daniel Robertson Australia, 2000
Photo taken of old Quarry at the Daniel Robertson Brickworks, looking East toward Norcal Road. Quarry located behind present Brickwork Buildings.robertson, daniel, brickworks, quarries, station street, nunawading, nos. 58 to 74