43 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Contents: The Aboriginal Environment - Birds and Reptiles; Whence came the Blackfellow. The Natural Man - Tattooing: ornamental scars. The Tribes of the South - Down the Darling. Tribes of Central and Northern Australia - The Aruntas; Wilderness vanishing; Untamed Tribes.The Tasmanian Race - Doomed people.Tribal Organisation - Public opinion; The Council of Old Men; Tribal Classification; Tribal Naming; Dual Classes; Totemism.Daily life of the Blacks - Making fire; Cooking methods - the native oven; Vegetarian diet; Miscellaneous foods. Weapons and Implements - Classes of Stone; Quarries; Weapons of wood - spears; The Boomerang; Shields; Water vessels and Carriers; Baskets and Dilly-bags.Medicine-men and medicine - Faith cures; Rain-making. Mia-Mias, Whurlies and Gunyahs - Tripod fires; Two-storey huts. The Aboriginal as an Engineer - Weirs and fish traps; Wells and Rockholes. Wild White Men; Dances and Games - Children's toys. Black Police and Tracking - Tribal Mixture; The Blacktrackers; Trained from infancy. Navigation - The Bark Canoe - Calm-weather Craft. Aboriginal Art - Animal Tracks; Old Camp-fires. Blackfellow Music and Bards; Death and Burial - Wailing Women; Relics of Lost Tribes; Decorated skulls; Creation myth pole. Language - Letter-sticks. Myths and Legends; Mission work among the Blacks - Spheres of Service; The Mission Stations.aboriginals, australian - social life and customs

Article in Nunawading Gazette, induction of the first female minister for Vermont Uniting Church. Helen Feeney was a nurse and mother of 4 children.vermont uniting church, feeney, helen

Article Nunawading Gazette - Mitcham High School's Staff Association concerned that the school faced an accommodation and teaching crisis over pending admission of a newly arrived batch of non-English speaking migrant children from South East Asia. The extreme concern is that students are being immediately placed in secondary schools without provisions needed for them to gain basic English skills.Article Nunawading Gazette - migrant education, eastbridge migrant hostel, mitcham high school

Article Nunawading Gazette. Senator McKellar, Minister for Immigration, says the situation of non English speaking children from Eastbridge Hostel arriving at Mitcham High School is under control. Education at the hostel by English, Vietnamese teacher. Portable classroom is available at Mitcham High.migrant education, mitcham high school, mckellar, senator

Pope Road Kindergarten children play with old Baker's Van. Photo.Pope Road Kindergarten children play with old Baker's Van. kindergartens, pope road kindergarten

Robert joins team: article on Robert Palmer, author of material for children.palmer, robert

Article in the Gazette about Mayor Kevin Abbott and his family of seven children, 1994.mayors, abbott, kevin, abbott, evelyn, abbott, andrew, abbott, marlo, abbott, daniel, abbott, lara, abbott, hamish, abbott, sarah, abbott, patrick, city of nunawading

Aumann family reunion Oct 30 - 31 1993. Carl Aumann came to Australia in 1853 from Prussia and settled on an orchard in Doncaster. He had six children and 59 grandchildren. 300 letters re the reunion have been sent to known descendants.aumann family

Article in Nunawading Post about Rae Anstee, Director of Nursing at the Austin Hospital, who has been made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to nursing.nurses, anstee, rae, austin hospital, royal childrens hospital, order of australia

Article in Nunawading Gazette about Rae Anstee, Director of Nursing at Austin Hospital, who has been made a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to nursing.nurses, anstee, rae, austin hospital, royal childrens hospital, order of australia

Collection of documents on William Witt J.P., first President of Shire of Nunawading, owner of land on cnr of Heatherdale and Canterbury Roads. Contents: 1. Summary of life. 2. Mail coach ticket. 3. List of dates and places of birth of William Witt, his wife and their children. 4. Obituary #1 5. Obituary #2 (South Yarra Gazette). 6. Autobiography typewritten by Mr Matthews. 7. Extract from Jubilee History of Victoria. 8. Newspaper article. 9. Sketch by Norma Jamieson.witt, william, shire of nunawading

Blood's Cottage [ the oldest surviving house in the Parish of Nunawading] recently used by Oxford Childrens Theatre.bloods cottage, box hill, blood, robert, oxford childrens theatre, mudge, joy, port, ian

2 Albums of newspaper articles and photographs of the Ash Wednesday fires on 16 Feb 1983 and the trip arranged by the Nunawading Rotary Club for 23 children and 2 teachers to go to New Zealand for 15 days holiday.2 Albums of newspaper articles and photographs of the Ash Wednesday fires on 16 Feb 1983. bushfires, farr, ken. a, rotary club of nunawading

History of crime in Australia over fifty years, including the baccarat wars, kidnappings and the disappearance of the Beaumont children.Relevant to Australian law enforcement and crime - approximately 1929-1979.Book; paper. Front cover: black background; black and white photographs, newspaper headlines, fingerprints and a letter addressed to "Dear Mum and Dad ..."; yellow and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.criminals, crime, history, baccarat wars, law, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall

Newspaper article about a children's fashion parade held by the Bialik College Parent's Association, published in The Sun, 14 August 1969. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.donors, fundraising, 1960s

Photocopy of newspaper articles: 'Bialik College Parents Association', The Jewish News, 24 July 1964. 'Make it A Date', The Daily Herald, 21 August 1964. 'Children's Parade', The Age, 21 August 1964. 'Beatle Mania', The Jewish Herald, 21 August 1964. 'Program for Bialik Parents', The Jewish Herald, 22 May 1964. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.fundraising, music, 1960s