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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Peter Beveridge et al, The Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina, 2008
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 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Alastair H Campbell, John Batman and the Aborigines, 1987
A comprehensive account of John Batman's life. This is a broad social history of the life and contentions of the original Port Phillip settlement. It includes relations between the European colonists and the Aboriginal population. It shows how the initial Aboriginal policy lay the ground for the near genocide of Port Phillip's original inhabitants.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunurong, boonwurrung, wathaurong, woiworung, woiwurrung, wurundjeri, wodewarrou, gerarlture, beingalite, you whamgete, you yangs, yarra river, kurung, john batman, port phillip bay, victorian history, victorian indigenous history, batman treaty -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian Macfarlane, Historical records of Victoria : foundation series : volume 2B : Aborigines and protectors 1838-1839, 1983
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 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Through their eyes : an historical record of Aboriginal people of Victoria as documented by the officials of the Port Phillip Protectorate, 1839-1841, 1994
maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographswathaurung, woiworong, woi wurrung, bunorong, boon wurrung, taungurong, taungurung, derrimut, william thomas, port phillip protectorate -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aldo Massola, The Aborigines of south-eastern Australia : as they were, 1971
Contents: p.1-3; Origins, arrival in Australia; p.4-9; How they lived - camp sites, dating (including carbon dating); p.10-27; Physical appearance, skin colour, hair, clothing, body ornaments, cicatrization; exchange system, distribution of food, marriage &? sexual relations; the tribe - structure, relationship to land, territory, gives map showing locations of tribes, New South Wales, Victoria &? eastern South Australia, leadership, government, division of labour, status of women, estimated population at white settlement, density of population (Victoria); p.28-31; Language - names &? naming, reproduces Wembawemba vocabulary, notes use of secret languages, gives 12 rules for pronounciation; p.32-53; Religion, spirit beliefs, totemism, moieties, phratries, marriage rules; mythology, gives eaglehawk &? crow myth from Lake Victoria &? other myths illustrating origins of fire &? natural rock formations, mythical beasts (Bunyip, Mindie), stellar beliefs; magic, medicine men, powers, native remedies for sickness, describes ceremony held in Melbourne, 1847 to avert evil, sorcery, pointing bone, love magic, rain makers; messengers, appearance, etiquette, message sticks; p.54-71; Rock art, motifs, colours, decorative art, engraving of utensils, rock engravings, manufacture &? use of pigments, engraving techniques; trade system, objects bartered, meeting places for trade (Victoria), map shows possible routes (south east Australia); corroborees, purpose, body ornaments &? decorations, musical instruments; p.72-93; Ceremonial life, marriage, punishment for infidelity, birth, childhood, games &? amusements, initiation, etiquette of visiting tribes, details of ceremony, womens role, earth figures &? ground designs, bull roarers, female puberty ceremonies; p.94-133; Shelters, fire making, cooking, construction of canoes, wooden implements, use of reeds, animal skins &? sinews, shells; stone tools, cylindro conical stones, scrapers, knives &? microliths; hunting weapons, spear, other methods pits, nets; fishing methods &? spears, traps; food sharing, womens responsibilities for collecting, digging stick, cooking methods, insect foods, plant foods, water resources; manufacture &? use of spears, spear throwers, shields, clubs, boomerangs; inter- &? intratribal fighting; p.134-147; Death, disposal of body - eating of the dead, burial, cremation, platform exposure, dendroglyphs (N.S.W.), Aboriginal burial grounds (Darling &? Murray Rivers), mourning, widowhood, kopi caps (N.S.W.), causes of death, inquest ceremonies, revenge expedition, after death beliefs; p.148-157; The end of the tribes white settlement &? its impact on Aboriginal life, friction between natives &? settlers, establishment of Protectorates; copiously illustrated throughout.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographswemba wemba, murray river, darling river, lake victoria -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Nigel Parbury, Survival : a history of Aboriginal life in New South Wales, 2005
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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Bruce Pascoe, Wathaurong : too bloody strong : stories and life journeys of people from Wauthaurong, 1997
Stolen children, stolen land, stolen freedom. Enough to break the strongest spirit but that?s what these people have got, they?re Too Bloody Strong to go under. The proud cry of survival is in all these stories and you can read the future in them to, From making baskets to building fences, from nursing to law, in education and art, the Wathaurong are preparing for the brand new day when the sun rises over a land of equality.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographswathaurong -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, John Bradley, Singing saltwater country : journey to the songlines of Carpentaria, 2010
John Bradley's compelling account of three decades living with the Yanyuwa people of the Gulf of Carpentaria and of how the elders revealed to him the ancient songlines of their Dreaming.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsyanyuwa, carpentaria -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Philip L Brown, The Todd journal 1835 : Andrew alias William Todd (John Batman?s recorder) and his Indented Head journal 1835, 1989
Reproduction of the 1835 journal of Andrew/William Todd, recorder and assistant to John Batman, with numerous contemporary illustrations of early settlements and landscapes. Notes on the customs and many incidents with Victorian and Tasmanian Aborigines.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsjohn batman, victorian history, andrew todd, william todd -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Charles White, The story of the blacks : the Aborigines of Australia /? Charles White (1845-1922)
This work was originally published in serialised form in the Bathurst Free Press around the turn of the century by Charles White and afterwards syndicated to other newspapers and still later reached the galley-proof stage of publication. The text for this edition was obtained from a copy of the Ovens Register 1904-1905, held by the Burke Museum, Beechworth, Victoria. This edition includes some preliminary material, glossary, notes, index and bibliography prepared by Peter A Jones.maps, b&w photographs, b&w illustrationscharles white -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, E M Yelland, The baron of the frontier : South Australia-Victoria, Robert Rowland Leake (1811-1860), 1973
Brothers Robert and Edward Leake brought the first Anglo Merino sheep to Australia, where they became successful squatters in the South Australian/Victoria area.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book with CD, Doreen Mellor et al, Many voices : reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation, 2002
This book bring together voices of children who were separated from their families, people who cared for them, families who took them into their homes and Government officers who carried out official directions. Contents of CD: Track 1. Jim Hart, b.1927, Queensland, separated from family as a child. See ch. 5. Interviewer: David Woodgate (3m 02s) track 2. Clara Coulthard, b.1929, South Australia, separated from family as a child. See ch. 3. Interviewer: Sue Anderson (4m 06s) track 3. John Moriarty, AM, b.1938, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, separated from family as a child. See ch. 4. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (4m 12s) track 4. Sandra Hill, b.1951, Western Australia, separated from family as a child. See ch. 11. Interviewer: John Bannister (4m 11s) track 5. Trevor Deshong, b.1965, Queensland, separated from family as a child. See ch .6. Interviewer: Colleen Hattersley (4m 45s) track 6. Julie Wilson, b.1958, New South Wales, adopted as an infant. See ch. 6. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (4m 04s) track 7. Dorothy Pyatt, b.1918, South Australia, police officer in remote South Australia, 1950s and 1960s. See ch. 8. Interviewer: Karen George (4m 18s) track 8. Margaret Somerville, MBE, b.1912, New South Wales, Northern Territory, missionary and cottage mother. See ch. 7. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (3m 15s) track 9. Reg Worthy, OAM, b.1920, Queensland, Northern Territory, Victoria, welfare officer, senior administrator, Departmental Head. See ch. 8. Interviewer: Barbara Erskine (4m 55s)D?.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, CDstolen generations, child welfare, bringing them home, oral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, C C Culvenor, The boundaries of the Mount Franklin Aboriginal Reserve, 1992
"This enquiry into the boundaries of the Mount Franklin Aboriginal Reserve had its origins in the preparation of a biography of geologist Thomas Smith of Sandon, which raised queries about Boundary Gully Road, Parkers Gully and the location in that vicinity of the Reserve boundary. At a subsequent meeting of the Daylesford Historical Society, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Aboriginal Reserve at Franklinford in 1841, it became clear that the actual boundaries were only poorly known ... A search for information srouces in Melbourne and Sydney did not produce an overall Plan, but it is hoped that the material obtained will present a sufficiently accurate picture to be useful to other local historians and be of some interest also to the general reader" --Preface. Contents: The boundaries of the Mt. Franklin Aboriginal Reserve The five mile radius The Tarrengower challenge Provisional boundaries Survey of the Reserve Breakup of the Reserve References Appendices.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsmount franklin -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, George Mackaness, George Augustus Robinson's journey into South-Eastern Australia, 1844 with George Henry Haydon's narrative of part of the same journey, 1978
Looking at the journeys of George Augustus Robinson and George Henry Haydon into South-Eastern Australia.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgeorge augustus robinson -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Edgar Morrison et al, Frontier life in the Loddon Protectorate : episodes from early days, 1837-1842 /? by Edgar Morrison. The Aborigines of Australia : a lecture delivered ... before the John Knox Young Men's Association, on Wednesday May 10th, 1854 /? by Edward Stone Parker, 1967
The episodes related here occurred between the years 1837 and 1842 and describe what would now be called a period of confrontation between the Aboriginal inhabitants and the white settlers who flocked to the scene so glowlingly described by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1836.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsloddon, edward stone parker -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names around the Gippsland Lakes : their origins, meanings and history, 1991
Gives descriptions of area, origin and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgippsland, gunnai, kurnai, bairnsdale, wurruk, place names -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of Bass Strait : their origins, meanings and history, 1996
An examination of the origins of over 400 names in and around the Bass Strait, including Victorian areas from Cape Otway to Lakes Entrance and the north coast of Tasmania.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, bass strait, tasmania, place names, bassian isthmus, king island, otway coast, port phillip bay, western port bay, wilsons promontory, cape barren island, flinders island, king island -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of East Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
Detailed examination of the origins of local names from Mallacoota to Marlo and from Wingan Inlet to Willis. Includes explanations of the origins of major towns and their features.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographskrauatungalung, gunnai, kurnai, bidawal, east gippsland, lake tyers, point hicks, -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of South Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
Provides an account of the origins and histories of local names in the South Gippsland region.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, kulin, gunnai, kurnai, brataualung, seaspray, phillip island, mirboo, wilsons promontory, woodside, foster, inverloch, leongatha, wonthaggi -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Great Alpine Road between Bairnsdale and Omeo : their origins, meanings and history, 1997
Lists the place names along the Victorian Alps, with descriptions and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, ngarigo, jaitmathang, brabiralung, tongiomunjie, tambo, tongio, bruthen, tambo, mount stringy, swifts creek -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
An account of the origins and histories of local names from Robin Hood to Kilmany, and from Mirboo North to Mt. Howitt.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, braiakaulung, bunerong, wurundjeri, kulin, coranderrk, warragul, morwell, rosedale, governor la trobe, drouin, noojee, darnum, walhalla, strzelecki, heyfield, gormandale -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Victorian Alps : their origins, meanings and history, 1991
Gives a comprehensive account of the origins of local names in the area. Anecdotes of interesting pieces of history.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsjaitmathang, minjambuta, djilimatang, ngarigo, brabiralung, braiakaulung, yuin, gunnai, lake tyers, dargo river, omeo, bright, swifts creek, benambra, ovens valley, mount hotham, mount nugong, wonnangatta station -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names on the Omeo Highway between Bairnsdale and Omeo : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
An account of the origins and histories of local names between Bairnsdale and Omeo.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, brabiralung, jaitmathang, ngarigo, yuin, tongiomunjie, tongio gap, bruthen, tambo, hells gate, mount stringy, doctors flat -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, John Morieson, The night sky of the Boorong
Based on historical notes of a variety of people, it explains the Night Skies of the Lake Tyrell area of Victoria and the mythology of the people regarding the legends of the skies.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsboorong, astronomy, ecological zodiac, william stanbridge, lake tyrell -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Lynnette Dent, Koorie studies : Koorie and non-Koorie teaching and learning together : teachers resource book 1, 1993
Teachers? Resource Book produced for the Ganai language, with units of work, word lists, etc, includes Overview, The Dreaming, Social Organisation, Language and Food, Koories Today, Curriculum Areas, Excursions to Koorie sites, Resources.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunai, ganai, kurnai gippsland, study and teaching, dreaming stories, koorie law, koorie culture, teaching resources -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, John Rudder, An introduction to Aboriginal mathematics, 1999
Aboriginal mathematics tends to focus on the relationship of numbers rather than quantities. This book shows why numbers were irrelevant to Aborigines and outlines the kind of mathematics that was used.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsnorth east arnhem land, turtle egg mathematics, aboriginal mathematics, aboriginal social life, measuring space, measuring time, flora, fauna -
Clunes Museum
Tool - PLANE / WOODEN, W Dibb
Rebate plane, solid wood, steel blade 2cm cut 1cm on rebate, wooden handle W Dibb York/W Gwinn/G Dawsw dibb, carpentry tool, plane -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Walter Withers, c.1903-1914
This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 120 format B&W negative B&W printsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, walter withers, artist -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Main Road, Eltham, looking south from Bridge Street, 1906-1907
Looking south along Main Road from the south side of the intersection of Bridge Street with Main Road. Anne Hunniford's Post Office and Burgoyne's store on left. Miss Harriet (Minnie) Williams's Cash Drapery Mart (est. 1902 and enlarged in 1906), also known as Eltham House on the right. Harriet (Minnie) Williams was born London, 1857, the daughter of George John Williams (1812-1895) and Jane Mansfield (1812-1895). In September 1885 she was operating Williams’s Drapery Establishment in premises on Main Road owned by R. Wallis who advertised them to let in September 1885. In 1902 she opened Williams’s Cash Drapery Mart at the southwest corner of Bridge Street and Main Road (opposite the Post Office), owned by W.J. Taylor. In 1906 she bought the premises and one quarter acre of land and expanded the business with a re-opening in April 1906. Harriet was also well-known and esteemed as an active worker in Methodist circles and also Superintendent of the Sunday School. Harriet fell ill in August 1907 and died 15 August. She is buried in Eltham Cemetery with her good friend Ada Ford. Note also the gas street lamp on right. Watson's Hotel on corner of Pitt Street visible in distance. The CBA bank building is hidden behind trees, the chimney and part roof visible. The photo was possibly taken by John Henry Clark of Clark Bros Photographers who operated from 25 Thompson Street, Windsor near Prahan 1894-1914. Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (Vic. : 1902 - 1917), Friday 30 March 1906, page 5 ________________________________________ ELTHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) For over three years Miss Williams has carried on a drapery business in very small and inconvenient premises opposite the Eltham post-office. Recently she bought the building and a quarter-acre of land from Mr. W. J. Taylor. Thus having a free hand, she at once matured plans to enlarge and improve the premises to make them suitable for her growing business. The result being that she consulted Mr Roach, contractor, of Heidelberg, put the matter in his hands, and now he has completed in a very satisfactory manner and up-to-date style extensive improvements. A large addition, of very neat and attractive design, with three large windows, has been built right along the front of the old building, and the counters and inside fittings are very neat and convenient, harmonizing well with the attractive outside appearance. Miss Williams has now got in a large now stock of goods, and is making extensive arrangements for a “reopening week," commencing 2nd April, during which time she will make 10 per cent reduction on all cash purchases in the form of gifts of that value. Miss Williams has gone to considerable expense and liability both, in the enlargement and improvement of the premises and in purchasing additional stock. We therefore trust that the public will stand by her by heartily and en masse patronizing her re-opening effort to show their appreciation of pluck in this advance movement. Google Street View Feb 2017: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.7191341,145.1462046,3a,50.5y,191.91h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sARwwqEQfMSfH9oTWWapPgQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image (x2) 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg B&W Print 16 x 25 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, main road, anne jane hunniford, burgoyne store, christopher watson, commercial bank of australia, drapery store, eltham house, gas lamp, harriet (minnie) williams, post office, street lamp, watson's hotel, williams's cash drapery mart, clark bros. photo -
Wycheproof & District Historical Society Inc.
Framed photograph, Mrs Elaine Storey, Roll of Honour Towaninnie Methodist Church, 26/10/2008
The Towaninnie Methodist Church no longer exists but on the Towaninnie plains a location sign marks it. In common with many church communities the faithful who met here were very patriotic and their young men were strongly supported when they volunteeered during the Great War of 1914 -'18. This Honour Board once hung on the Methodist Church wall but is now at the Pioneer Settlement,Swan Hill.The actual Honour Board is believed to be the only one of its type with this listing. This photo of it contributes to and is part of a Local, State and National collection of War memorabilia that honours our servicemen and women.Wooden framed Roll of Honour photo - Towaninnie Methodist Church listing of 21 local WW1 servicemen. The memorial has a triangular shaped top and features a simple wooden sculpured bottom edging with the gold inscriptions in 2 columns. Hosking,J.W./ Hosking, J.V. / FALLEN Nalder, J./ Smith,W./ Smith, J./ McPhee,W./ McPhee, A./ Holt,D.A./ Jolley,A./ Nalder,J.Q./ Hosking,J.H./ Dashwood,C./ Ellis,P./ Hercules,R./ White,H. / Mead,W.L./ Wilson,B./ Root,E./ Hosking, F./ Ellis,C./ Pryse,R. Roll of Honour Towaninnie Methodist Church. Hosking,J.W./ Hosking, J.V. / FALLEN Nalder, J./ Smith,W./ Smith, J./ McPhee,W./ McPhee, A./ Holt,D.A./ Jolley,A./ Nalder,J.Q./ Hosking,J.H./ Dashwood,C./ Ellis,P./ Hercules,R./ White,H. / Mead,W.L./ Wilson,B./ Root,E./ Hosking, F./ Ellis,C./ Pryse,R. roll - of - honour, towaninnie - methodist, towaninnie - church, world - war 1, wycheproof - servicemen