family history, archives, genealogy

A history of Aboriginal trackers in Victoria, detailing a program of using trackers from Queensland in the period 1880-1968. Includes a list of known trackers with some photographs, and numerous histories of instances of trackers working with Victoria police.B&w photographs

The Wathaurong people of South Western Victoria said no to European invasion. Learn about this heroic resistance to the occupation of their lands. Can white and black live together or must we be always at war? The answer can only be given by young Australians. Includes a comprehensive historical timeline.maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, word listswathaurong, wadtharung, port philllip bay, western port bay, lorne, south west victoria, battle creek, aire river, werribee, ballarat, wathaurong aboriginal cooperative, coast action, koori studies, john batman, william buckley, aboriginal studies policy, secondary school education, hissing swan, victorian history

non-fictionDecorating with wallpaper c.1840–1914 : a guide to assist in the conservation and restoration of buildings. National Trust of Australia (Victoria, 1987. Chapters: 1. Introduction; 2. Mid-nineteenth century; 3. Halls, stairs and passages; 4. 1870s period; 5. 1880s period; 6. 1890s period; 7. Early Twentieth Century; 8. Towards World War I; 9. Ceilings; 10. Colour notes; 11. Conservation noteswallpapers - history, interior decoration - history, wall coverings - history

"Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, with considerable reinterpretations of their function and form. Recently, state jurisdictions have encouraged the adoption of a greater number of Indigenous names, sometimes alongside the accepted Anglo-Australian terms, around Sydney Harbour, for example. In some cases, the use of an introduced name, such as Gove, has been contested by local Indigenous people." "The 19 studies brought together in this book present an overview of current issues involving Indigenous placenames across the whole of Australia, drawing on the disciplines of geography, linguistics, history, and anthropology. They include meticulous studies of historical records, and perspectives stemming from contemporary Indigenous communities. The book includes a wealth of documentary information on some 400 specific placenames, including those of Sydney Harbour, the Blue Mountains, Canberra, western Victoria, the Lake Eyre district, the Victoria River District, and southwestern Cape York Peninsula." -- Publisher description. Contents: Introduction: Old and new aspects of Indigenous place-naming /? Harold Koch and Luise Hercus NSW &? ACT: 1. Aboriginal placenames around Port Jackson and Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia: sources and uncertainties /? Val Attenbrow 2. Reinstating Aboriginal placenames around Port Jackson and Botany Bay /? Jakelin Troy and Michael Walsh 3. The recognition of Aboriginal placenames in New South Wales /? Greg Windsor 4. New insights into Gundungurra place naming /? Jim Smith 5. The methodology of reconstructing Indigenous placenames: Australian Capital Territory and south-eastern New South Wales /? Harold Koch Victoria: 6. Toponymic books and the representation of Indigenous identities /? Laura Kostanski 7. Reviving old Indigenous names for new purposes /? Laura Kostanski and Ian D. Clark 8. Reconstruction of Aboriginal microtoponymy in western and central Victoria: case studies from Tower Hill, the Hopkins River, and Lake Boga /? Ian Clark South Australia &? Central Australia: 'Aboriginal names of places in southern South Australia': placenames in the Norman B.Tindale collection of papers /? Paul Monaghan 10. Why Mulligan is not just another Irish name: Lake Callabonna, South Australia /? J.C. McEntee 11. Murkarra, a landscape nearly forgotten: the Arabana country of the noxious insects, north and northwest of Lake Eyre /? Luise Hercus 12. Some area names in the far north-east of South Australia /? Luise Hercus 13. Placenames of central Australia: European records and recent experience /? Richard Kimber Northern Australia: 14. Naming Bardi places /? Claire Bowern 15. Dog-people: the meaning of a north Kimberley story /? Mark Clendon 16. 'Where the spear sticks up': the variety of locatives in placenames in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory /? Patrick McConvell 17. 'This place already has a name' /? Melanie Wilkinson, Dr R. Marika and Nancy M. Williams 18. Manankurra: what's in a name? placenames and emotional geographies /? John J. Bradley and Amanda Kearney 19. Kurtjar placenames /? Paul Black.Maps, b&w photographs, tables, word listsaustralian placenames, sociolinguistics, linguistics, anthropology, sydney harbour placenames, blue mountains placenames, canberra placenames, western victoria placenames, lake eyre placenames, victoria river district placenames, cape york peninsula placenames

Gunditjmara Country is an integrated unit which looks at the lives, traditions and culture of the Gunditjmara People of Western Victoria. Developed as part of the Kormilda Science Project and targeted at all Australian students, this work recognises the need for Western and Indigenous cultures to contribute to the comprehensive education of Australia's youth. The introduction provides a guide to implementing this program of study in schools and includes feedback from teachers involved in trialling the material.gunditjmara, western victoria, education, curriculum development, geography, science, history, secondary school education

"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

A description of the invasion of Djadja Wurrung land in Central Victoria which began in the mid 1830s.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsdjadja wurrung, dja dja wurrung, dja dja wrung aboriginal association, beembarmin, victorian pastoral leases, franklinford, fernihurst, edward parker, caroline morgan, thomas dunolly, cummeragunja, racial conflict, racism, victorian social history

The Beveridges pioneered the Swan Hill area on the Murray River and lived among the People of the Murray River. They learned the Aboriginal dialects, lore and customs. Peter Beveridge faithfully recorded these and his book was published posthumously by his family.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsvictorian history, murray river

Contains a general history of the early Port Phillip district, including many references to Aboriginal peoples. Edited version of original 19th century notes by James Bonwick.Maps, b&w illustrationswilliam buckley, john batman, joseph gellibrand, john pascoe fawkner, victorian history, melbourne history, port phillip, religion, merri creek, james bonwick

Contains information about - Building Bunjilika, Koori Voices, Belonging to Country, Two laws, Suggested Reading, A Note on Terminology, Keeping Places in Victoria, Photo Credits, Acknowledgements.colour photographs, b&w photographs, artworkbunjilaka, victorian keeping places, koori history, victorian history, bunjil, kulin, yorta yorta, wurundjeri

John Bulmer spent forty years of his life as missionary to Aboriginal people in Victoria, in 1855 devoting his activities to communities on the Murray, but most of his life was spent at Lake Tyers where he established a Church of England mission in 1862, In his later years he wrote a series of thirteen papers in which he recorded his observations on the life and times of the people to whom he ministered. Over a period of several years Alistair Campbell transliterated the manuscripts, altering a little but retaining the flavour of the original text.maps, b&w photograph, word lists, tablesgunai kurnai, gippsland, lake tyers, lakes entrance, king charley, snowy river, ellen hood, sarah moffat, lance mcdougall, kassie mcdougall, tom foster, alec mccrae, nellie blair, john bulmer, victorian history, indigenous social life, kinship, religion and mythology, bush foods

Contains histories of the Aboriginal Protectors in the Goulburn River area and their work with the people in this region using journal entries and historical records.maps, b&w photograph, colour illustrations, tables

Register and documentation of massacre sites in ten language groups of Western Victoria; each language group includes details of clans, history of European occupation and government policy.maps, colour photographs, b&w photographsdhauwurd wurrung, djab wurrung, djadja wurrung, djargurd wurrung, gadubanud, girai wurrung, keerray-woorroong, gulidjan, jardwadjali, watha wurrung, wathaurong, wergaia, colonisation, race relations, racism, european occupation, government policy

This study explains why the locality of what is now known as Murchison is one of the most important historic Aboriginal places in regional Victoria.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, document reproductionsngurai-illam balug, ngurai-illam wurrung, daungwurrung, yaithmathang, yortayorta, yorta yorta, bangerang, murchison, murnang, george augustus robinson, goulburn river aboriginal protectorate, goulburn river region, victorian history

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

Collection of Print outs from an online project visited on 26/11/2003.B&w photographsgunai kurrnai, gunai kurnai, museum victoria, oral histories, bruce baxter, norman terrick, nicholas moffatt, max solomon, shirley firebrace, bill harrison, jason wilson, shane atkinson, eddie kneebone, rob thorpe, koori children's art

Reproductions of various transactions and reports relating to Aboriginal people in Port Phillip in the period 1838-39. Includes studies of the establishment of an Aboriginal Protectorate, the Native Police, missions, and includes numerous reports by various protectors about events in their districts and government policy towards Aboriginal people.b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, tablesvictorian history, james dredge, william thomas, yarra, westernport, sievwright, mount macedon, goulburn river, john montagu, maria robinson, worredy, trucanini, george augustus robinson, tunermenerwail, jackia jackia, george langhorne, benbow, nerrebrunin, billibellary

Reproductions of various transactions and reports dealing with the surveying history of Port Phillip, including letters, maps, illustrations, tables, and a detailed history of the surveying of Victoria.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, tablesvictorian history, port phillip, robert hoddle, monee monee creek, geelong, barwon river, werribee river

Reproductions of various transactions and reports dealing with squatting, land tenure and agricultural production in Port Phillip in the years 1835-1840. A history of land grants, surveying, squatters? life and land use during this period.maps, b&w illustrations, colour illustrationsvictorian history

An index to the series ?Historical Records of Victoria,? covering the 7 previous volumes.b&w illustrationsvictorian history,

Reproductions of various transactions and reports dealing with the early government of Port Phillip, including laws, surveyors? and administrators? reports, bills, requisitions, prices, police reports, and miscellaneous other documents dealing with the early administration of Port Phillip.victorian history, port phillip, governor bourke, geelong, john batman, treaty, william lonsdale, william buckley, werribee

maps, charts, photocopies of recordsgenealogy, victorian history, land tenure, land grants

A record of the early history of surveying for land settlement. Includes appendices on the border surveys between Victoria and South Australia and between Victoria and New South Wales.maps, b&w photographs, illustrationssurveying, land settlement

charts, tablespublic records, victorian history, local history