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Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bowden, Ros et al, Being Aboriginal : comments, observations and stories from Aboriginal Australians, 1993
... Australians -- Interviews. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social... -- Biography. | Aboriginal Australians -- Interviews. | Aboriginal ...Being Aboriginal contains the powerful and moving stories of Aboriginal people who described their lives and attitudes in a number of radio documentaries for the ABC's Social History Unit ... Being Aboriginal is a moving chronicle of how some Aboriginal people experience life in white Australia. From the ABC Radio programs by Ros Bowden and Bill Bunbury.121 p. ; 22 cm.Being Aboriginal contains the powerful and moving stories of Aboriginal people who described their lives and attitudes in a number of radio documentaries for the ABC's Social History Unit ... Being Aboriginal is a moving chronicle of how some Aboriginal people experience life in white Australia. From the ABC Radio programs by Ros Bowden and Bill Bunbury.aboriginal australians -- biography. | aboriginal australians -- interviews. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broome, Richard, Aboriginal Australians : a history since 1788, 2010
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Race... discrimination. | Social conditions. | History. | Aboriginal Australians ...Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the ealy colonial struggle for power. 'In this book Richard Broome has managed an enviable achievement. The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in his typical lucid and imaginative style.v-vi; 400 P. facs. photographs; notes; maps; bib. indexRichard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the ealy colonial struggle for power. 'In this book Richard Broome has managed an enviable achievement. The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in his typical lucid and imaginative style.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | race discrimination -- australia. | australia -- race relations. | australia -- colonization -- history. | stolen generations (australia). | aboriginal australians -- removal -- government policy. | aboriginal australians -- history. | colonization. | race discrimination. | race relations. | australia -- colonization. | australia. | aborigines. | colonisation. | racial discrimination. | social conditions. | history. | aboriginal australians - social conditions. | race discrimination - australia. | australia - race relations. | australia - colonization - history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bandler, Faith, The time was ripe : a history of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (1956- 69), 1983
... . | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Australia -- Race... -- Australia. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions ...It is a history of not only the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship but the birth and growth of the Federal movement. A picture is also given of the earlier Aboriginal struggles of the 1920s to 1940s led by pioneers like William Cooper, Bill Ferguson and Doug Nicholls.203 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.It is a history of not only the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship but the birth and growth of the Federal movement. A picture is also given of the earlier Aboriginal struggles of the 1920s to 1940s led by pioneers like William Cooper, Bill Ferguson and Doug Nicholls.aboriginal-australian fellowship -- history. | australian aborigines. organisations: aboriginal-australian fellowship, 1956-1969. | race discrimination -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | australia -- race relations. | bandler, faith. | fox, len, 1905-2004. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Kelly, Howard (Victorian SEMP Race and Ethnic Relations team) et al, Black Conditions, 1978
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal... -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians -- Housing. | A study ...A study of Aboriginal communities and the living conditions of Aborigines. A social justice booklet.28 p.; ill.; 28 cm.A study of Aboriginal communities and the living conditions of Aborigines. A social justice booklet.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- housing. | -
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Document - Report, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, The first step : a report on the initial community consultations on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1992
... -- Australia. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions... Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal ...In October 1987, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established to find out why so many Aboriginal people were dying in prison - 99 between January 1980 and May 1989 alone. Since then, tragically, there have been another 25 deaths.The findings of the Royal Commission and its recommendations have been widely publicised since their release in May 1991. They catalogue the terrible history of dispossession and oppression of our people. The Commission makes 339 recommendations on how the past hurt and current disadvantage of the Aboriginal people can be redressed... The main themes to emerge not surprisingly, underline many of the issues raised in the Royal Commission's Final Report - the plight of families of the deceases, Aboriginal / police relations, the lack of access to land, substance abuse, appalling health, inadequate housing, and the pressing need to provide education and employment for our youth.41 p. ; 25 cm.In October 1987, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established to find out why so many Aboriginal people were dying in prison - 99 between January 1980 and May 1989 alone. Since then, tragically, there have been another 25 deaths.The findings of the Royal Commission and its recommendations have been widely publicised since their release in May 1991. They catalogue the terrible history of dispossession and oppression of our people. The Commission makes 339 recommendations on how the past hurt and current disadvantage of the Aboriginal people can be redressed... The main themes to emerge not surprisingly, underline many of the issues raised in the Royal Commission's Final Report - the plight of families of the deceases, Aboriginal / police relations, the lack of access to land, substance abuse, appalling health, inadequate housing, and the pressing need to provide education and employment for our youth.australia. royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody. | prisoners, aboriginal australian. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- death. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- mortality. | prisons and race relations -- australia. | police -- complaints against -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broome, Richard, Aboriginal Australians. Black Responses to white Dominance 1788-1994. (Second Edition), 1994
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Race... Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne Aboriginal Australians ...Surveys traditional life and values, confrontations with the British; violent conflicts with settlers, native police throughout the country; attacks on Aboriginal initiative at Coranderrk, Cumeroogunja and other settlements; racial legislation, missionary attitudes; cattle industry, mining; discrimination; growth of Aboriginal rights movement, Aboriginal organizations, land rights.4-275 P.; plates; ill,; appendices; notes; bib.; index; 22 cm.Surveys traditional life and values, confrontations with the British; violent conflicts with settlers, native police throughout the country; attacks on Aboriginal initiative at Coranderrk, Cumeroogunja and other settlements; racial legislation, missionary attitudes; cattle industry, mining; discrimination; growth of Aboriginal rights movement, Aboriginal organizations, land rights.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | race discrimination -- australia. | australia -- race relations. | economic sectors - agriculture and horticulture - pastoral industry - beef cattle | religions - christianity - missions | settlement and contacts - 20th century | enterprises - pastoral industry | government policy - assimilation | government policy - initial period and protectionism | government policy - integration | government policy - state and territory - new south wales | government policy - state and territory - victoria | law - land | land rights - mining industry | land rights - pastoral industry | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions | occupations - pastoral industry workers | law enforcement - police - native police | law enforcement - police conduct and attitudes | politics and government - political action - land rights | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | race relations - racism - stereotyping | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broom, Leonard, A blanket a year, 1973
... . Australia. Surveys | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions... -- Social conditions. | Australia -- Social policy. | Land rights ...Land rights, perhaps the best known of Aboriginal grievances, is bitterly expressed in 'All they give us now for our land is a blanket once a year'. Yet, as Broom and Jones show in this book, the Aborigines are disadvantaged in every way. No one knows who are Aborigines, how many there are, what jobs they hold, what education they have received. Yet, until this extraordinary ignorance is rectified, there is no basis for planning vital improvements. The authors stress the urgent need for public authorities to gather information on Aboriginal health, housing, employment, and education. Without this information no attempt to overcome the gross inequalities can hope to succeed. A Blanket a Year offers constructive professional help. It is vital reading for politicians, administrators, social workers, educationists, and for all fair-minded Australians.98 p. ; notes; tables; references; 23 cm.Land rights, perhaps the best known of Aboriginal grievances, is bitterly expressed in 'All they give us now for our land is a blanket once a year'. Yet, as Broom and Jones show in this book, the Aborigines are disadvantaged in every way. No one knows who are Aborigines, how many there are, what jobs they hold, what education they have received. Yet, until this extraordinary ignorance is rectified, there is no basis for planning vital improvements. The authors stress the urgent need for public authorities to gather information on Aboriginal health, housing, employment, and education. Without this information no attempt to overcome the gross inequalities can hope to succeed. A Blanket a Year offers constructive professional help. It is vital reading for politicians, administrators, social workers, educationists, and for all fair-minded Australians.aborigines. social planning. information requirements. australia. surveys | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | australia -- social policy. | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bandler, Faith, Turning the tide : a personal history of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 1989
... Islanders -- History. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social... Australians -- Social conditions. | Race discrimination -- Australia ...Turning the Tide is about political struggle in the past three decades of Aboriginal affairs in Australia. Faith Bandler's background has given her the right to speak out loudly and clearly against racial discrimination. In 1956 she co-founded the Aboriginal - Australian Fellowship and later became a key figure in the founding of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islandersxvii, 173 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.Turning the Tide is about political struggle in the past three decades of Aboriginal affairs in Australia. Faith Bandler's background has given her the right to speak out loudly and clearly against racial discrimination. In 1956 she co-founded the Aboriginal - Australian Fellowship and later became a key figure in the founding of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islandersbandler, faith. | federal council for the advancement of aborigines and torres strait islanders -- history. | federal council for the advancement of aborigines and torres strait islanders -- history. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | race discrimination -- australia. | australia -- history -- 20th century. | australia -- race relations. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Education Kit, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Indigenous Australia, 1993
... . Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians... -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Social ...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
Book, Roberts, Janine, From Massacres to mining. The colonization of Aboriginal Australia, 1978
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal... -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians -- Government ...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
Book, Warby, Michael, Past wrongs, future rights : anti-discrimination, Native Title and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, 1975-1997, 1997
... -- Land tenure. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions... -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians -- Economic ...The central thesis of this book is that the major failing of native title, as communal, inalienable and partial title, is that is does not represent a sound instrument for significantly improving the conditions and prospects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The costs involved to the Australian community are not balanced by commensurate benefits to indigenous Australians.i-iv; 167 P.; index; bib.; footnotes; 21 cm.The central thesis of this book is that the major failing of native title, as communal, inalienable and partial title, is that is does not represent a sound instrument for significantly improving the conditions and prospects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The costs involved to the Australian community are not balanced by commensurate benefits to indigenous Australians.land tenure -- law and legislation -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- land tenure. | torres strait islanders -- land tenure. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- economic conditions. | torres strait islanders -- social conditions. | torres strait islanders -- economic conditions. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Aboriginal Affairs (Association), On Aboriginal Affairs, 1962
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Periodicals... -- Social conditions -- Periodicals. | Aboriginal Australians ...A bi-monthly news sheet distributed by "Aboriginal Affairs" a voluntary association which acts as an exchange for items relating to the welfare and advancement of people of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history. No. 12Cummeragunga - new policy no. 11.Assimilation - issues - National Missionary Council No. 917 no. ; 22 cm.A bi-monthly news sheet distributed by "Aboriginal Affairs" a voluntary association which acts as an exchange for items relating to the welfare and advancement of people of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history. No. 12Cummeragunga - new policy no. 11.Assimilation - issues - National Missionary Council No. 9aboriginal australians -- social conditions -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians -- government policy -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians, treatment of -- periodicals. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bulmer, John, Victorian Aborigines John Bulmer's Recollections 1855-1908, 1994
... customs. | Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Social... Australians -- Victoria -- Social life and customs. | Aboriginal ...Blurb: " John Bulmer began his missionary work in 1855, commencing a life dedicated to the Christianising of Victorian Aboriginal people at Yelta on the Murray, in the Wimmera and Monaro and at Lake Tyers in Gippsland. ...he recorded many of his recollections in thirteen papers, in correspondence with R. Brough Smyth and A. W. Howitt and in ... Royal Geographical Society of Australia."`xv, 98 p. : ill., map. figs.; tables; notes, word list; bib.;; 25 cm.Blurb: " John Bulmer began his missionary work in 1855, commencing a life dedicated to the Christianising of Victorian Aboriginal people at Yelta on the Murray, in the Wimmera and Monaro and at Lake Tyers in Gippsland. ...he recorded many of his recollections in thirteen papers, in correspondence with R. Brough Smyth and A. W. Howitt and in ... Royal Geographical Society of Australia."`bulmer, john, 1833-1913. | aboriginal australians -- missions -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social life and customs. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social conditions. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Jackomos, Alick,Fowell, Derek, Forgotten Heroes: Aborigines At War From The Somme To Vietnam
... Aboriginal Australians - Biography... - Biography Australia - Armed Forces - Aboriginal Australians ...Victorian aborigines distinguished themselves at war overseas and on the home front this century. Many of them came from a long tradition of warriors; their forebears waged war last century on the European settles who had occupied their traditional homelands.Victorian aborigines distinguished themselves at war overseas and on the home front this century. Many of them came from a long tradition of warriors; their forebears waged war last century on the European settles who had occupied their traditional homelands.aboriginal australians - biography, australia - armed forces - aboriginal australians - history -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Barlow, Alex et al, Indigenous heroes and leaders, 2003
... . | Aboriginal Australians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.... -- Juvenile literature. | Aboriginal Australians -- Biography .....presents the stories of Australian Indigenous people who have worked to bring about respect, justice and fair treatment for their people.32 p. : ill.(col.)., ports.(col.). : 28 cm...presents the stories of Australian Indigenous people who have worked to bring about respect, justice and fair treatment for their people. aboriginal australians -- juvenile literature. | aboriginal australians -- biography -- juvenile literature. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Burger, Angela, Neville Bonner, a biography, 1979
... -- Biography. | Aboriginal Australians -- Biography. | Australia.... Biographies. | Statesmen -- Australia -- Biography. | Aboriginal ...169 p., [8] p. of plates ; 24 cm. bonner, neville, 1922-1999. | australia. politics. bonner, neville thomas, 1918-. australia. biographies. | statesmen -- australia -- biography. | aboriginal australians -- biography. | australia -- politics and government -- 1945-1965. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, POAD, Doug et al, Contact : an Australian history, 1990
... -island-and-the-bass-coast aboriginal australians treatment ...Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'. Includes index.aboriginal australians, treatment, history, social conditions -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Brown, Jill W. (Roisin Hirschfeld and Diane Smith; under the supervision of Professor Edna Chamberlain), Aboriginals and Islanders in Brisbane, 1974
... | Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Social conditions... Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne Australian Aborigines. Social ...Demographic data on race, age, sex, marital status and mobility; education levels; housing and problems in finding accommodation; occupations and income; medical, legal, welfare and other services; hostels.ix, 119 p. ; 25 cm.Demographic data on race, age, sex, marital status and mobility; education levels; housing and problems in finding accommodation; occupations and income; medical, legal, welfare and other services; hostels.australian aborigines. social conditions. brisbane | torres strait islanders. social conditions. brisbane | aboriginal australians -- queensland -- brisbane -- social conditions. | torres strait islanders -- queensland -- brisbane -- social conditions. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bolger, Audrey, Aboriginal Women and Violence : a report for the Criminology Research Council and the Northern Territory Commissioner of Police, 1991
... Australians -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal... Territory. | Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Social ...Study of violence against Aboriginal women in selected towns, town camps, communities and outstations in Northern Territory; examines incidence, causes of violence, particularly role of alcohol, methods of dealing with violent situations, and responses of police , courts, health and welfare workers, Aboriginal legal services, womens refuges and alcohol agencies; sees positive aspects in Aboriginal womens use of refuges, new domestic violence laws and campaigns against alcohol; confusion over role of violence in traditional societies.vi, 104 p. : tables. ; 25 cm.Study of violence against Aboriginal women in selected towns, town camps, communities and outstations in Northern Territory; examines incidence, causes of violence, particularly role of alcohol, methods of dealing with violent situations, and responses of police , courts, health and welfare workers, Aboriginal legal services, womens refuges and alcohol agencies; sees positive aspects in Aboriginal womens use of refuges, new domestic violence laws and campaigns against alcohol; confusion over role of violence in traditional societies.abused women -- northern territory. | wife abuse -- northern territory. | family violence -- northern territory. | women, aboriginal australian -- northern territory. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- wife abuse. -
Clunes Museum
Book, THE GOOD COUNTRY
... , ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS VICTORIA HISTORY SOCIAL CONDITIONS FRONTIER...: DJADJA WURRUNG, ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS VICTORIA HISTORY SOCIAL ...THE DJADJA WURRUNG, THE SETTLERS AND PROTECTORS INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX. SUBJECTS: DJADJA WURRUNG, ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS VICTORIA HISTORY SOCIAL CONDITIONS FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE SOFT COVER BOOK, COLOURED FRONT WITH ABORIGINELS ON COVER 225 PAGESbain attwood, djadja wurring, aboriginel -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book - Pompey Austin biography, Roy Hay, Albert 'Pompey' Austin - A Man Between Two Worlds, 2020
This book tells the biography of Pompey Austin an indigenousThis is a book of 266 pages. It It has a buff-coloured cover with 3 photographs and black printing. The pages contain printed text, maps, illustrations and photographs. non-fiction This book tells the biography of Pompey Austin an indigenous framlingham aboriginal mission, pompey austin -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Giordano Nanni et al, Coranderrk; We will show the country, 2013
Comprises twenty-three extracts from the Minutes of Evidence of the Coranderrk Inquiry, accompanied by an analysis of the historical text and context. The book relies strongly on primary-source materials and accurately references historical analysis from scholarly and Aboriginal perspectives. This book is derived from a verbatim-theatre performance in which professional actors portrayed the witnesses who gave evidence before the 1881 Coranderrk Inquiry.; Inscriptions and Markings: illustrations, photographs, facsimiles, maps, portraits About the book One of the first sustained campaigns for justice, land rights and self-determination in colonial Australia was undertaken by the Aboriginal people of Coranderrk reserve in central Victoria. Despite having created an award-winning farm they were targeted for removal to make way for white settlement. As skilled communicators and negotiators, they lobbied the government, in alliance with their white supporters, and succeeded in triggering a Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881. Coranderrk – We Will Show The Country derives from a unique verbatim-theatre performance where professional actors brought to life the witnesses who gave evidence before the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry. Rescued from dusty archives, and including renowned Wurundjeri leader, William Barak, those witnesses continue to speak to contemporary audiences. Here, their powerful petitioning can be read alongside that of their non-Aboriginal allies, and those who would move them off their land. The book features a concise and accessible history of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station and of the events that led to the appointment of the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry. The book also contains a special edition of the verbatim script which has been annotated and referenced so as to provide a blueprint of how the original minutes of evidence from the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry were adapted into a theatre script. Each scene of the play has also been introduced with a short biography of each character and a discussion of the key themes raised in their testimony. Supplementing the verbatim script of the performance, the book includes a range of historical images and stills from the ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s production. Coranderrk – We Will Show The Country celebrates the spirit of collaboration between black and white in pursuit of justice, and offers an engaging way to learn about our past – and to think about our future. Coranderrk - We Will Show The Country. (2023, October 19). Retrieved from http://www.minutesofevidence.com.au/education/coranderrk-we-will-show-the-country-book/Ex Yarra Plenty Regional Library copyaboriginal australians, coranderrk, first nations people, healesville, indigenous history, performance, play -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Periodical, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian Aboriginal studies : journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2013
We don?t leave our identities at the city limits: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in urban localities Bronwyn Fredericks Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live in cities and towns are often thought of as ?less Indigenous? than those who live ?in the bush?, as though they are ?fake? Aboriginal people ? while ?real? Aboriginal people live ?on communities? and ?real? Torres Strait Islander people live ?on islands?. Yet more than 70 percent of Australia?s Indigenous peoples live in urban locations (ABS 2007), and urban living is just as much part of a reality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as living in remote discrete communities. This paper examines the contradictions and struggles that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience when living in urban environments. It looks at the symbols of place and space on display in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Brisbane to demonstrate how prevailing social, political and economic values are displayed. Symbols of place and space are never neutral, and this paper argues that they can either marginalise and oppress urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, or demonstrate that they are included and engaged. Juggling with pronouns: Racist discourse in spoken interaction on the radio Di Roy While the discourse of deficit with regard to Australian Indigenous health and wellbeing has been well documented in print media and through images on film and on television, radio talk concerning this discourse remains underresearched. This paper interrogates the power of an interactive news interview, aired on the Radio National Breakfast program on ABC Radio in 2011, to maintain and reproduce the discourse of deficit, despite the best intentions of the interview participants. Using a conversation-analytical approach, and membership categorisation analysis in particular, this paper interrogates the spoken interaction between a well-known radio interviewer and a respected medical researcher into Indigenous eye health. It demonstrates the recreation of a discourse emanating from longstanding hegemonies between mainstream and Indigenous Australians. Analysis of firstperson pronoun use shows the ongoing negotiation of social category boundaries and construction of moral identities through ascriptions to category members, upon which the intelligibility of the interview for the listening audience depended. The findings from analysis support claims in a considerable body of whiteness studies literature, the main themes of which include the pervasiveness of a racist discourse in Australian media and society, the power of invisible assumptions, and the importance of naming and exposing them. Changes in Pitjantjatjara mourning and burial practices Bill Edwards, University of South Australia This paper is based on observations over a period of more than five decades of changes in Pitjantjatjara burial practices from traditional practices to the introduction of Christian services and cemeteries. Missions have been criticised for enforcing such changes. However, in this instance, the changes were implemented by the Aboriginal people themselves. Following brief outlines of Pitjantjatjara traditional life, including burial practices, and of the establishment of Ernabella Mission in 1937 and its policy of respect for Pitjantjatjara cultural practices and language, the history of these changes which commenced in 1973 are recorded. Previously, deceased bodies were interred according to traditional rites. However, as these practices were increasingly at odds with some of the features of contemporary social, economic and political life, two men who had lost close family members initiated church funeral services and established a cemetery. These practices soon spread to most Pitjantjatjara communities in a manner which illustrates the model of change outlined by Everett Rogers (1962) in Diffusion of Innovations. Reference is made to four more recent funerals to show how these events have been elaborated and have become major social occasions. The world from Malarrak: Depictions of South-east Asian and European subjects in rock art from the Wellington Range, Australia Sally K May, Paul SC Ta�on, Alistair Paterson, Meg Travers This paper investigates contact histories in northern Australia through an analysis of recent rock paintings. Around Australia Aboriginal artists have produced a unique record of their experiences of contact since the earliest encounters with South-east Asian and, later, European visitors and settlers. This rock art archive provides irreplaceable contemporary accounts of Aboriginal attitudes towards, and engagement with, foreigners on their shores. Since 2008 our team has been working to document contact period rock art in north-western and western Arnhem Land. This paper focuses on findings from a site complex known as Malarrak. It includes the most thorough analysis of contact rock art yet undertaken in this area and questions previous interpretations of subject matter and the relationship of particular paintings to historic events. Contact period rock art from Malarrak presents us with an illustrated history of international relationships in this isolated part of the world. It not only reflects the material changes brought about by outside cultural groups but also highlights the active role Aboriginal communities took in responding to these circumstances. Addressing the Arrernte: FJ Gillen?s 1896 Engwura speech Jason Gibson, Australian National University This paper analyses a speech delivered by Francis James Gillen during the opening stages of what is now regarded as one of the most significant ethnographic recording events in Australian history. Gillen?s ?speech? at the 1896 Engwura festival provides a unique insight into the complex personal relationships that early anthropologists had with Aboriginal people. This recently unearthed text, recorded by Walter Baldwin Spencer in his field notebook, demonstrates how Gillen and Spencer sought to establish the parameters of their anthropological enquiry in ways that involved both Arrernte agency and kinship while at the same time invoking the hierarchies of colonial anthropology in Australia. By examining the content of the speech, as it was written down by Spencer, we are also able to reassesses the importance of Gillen to the ethnographic ambitions of the Spencer/Gillen collaboration. The incorporation of fundamental Arrernte concepts and the use of Arrernte words to convey the purpose of their 1896 fieldwork suggest a degree of Arrernte involvement and consent not revealed before. The paper concludes with a discussion of the outcomes of the Engwura festival and the subsequent publication of The Native Tribes of Central Australia within the context of a broader set of relationships that helped to define the emergent field of Australian anthropology at the close of the nineteenth century. One size doesn?t fit all: Experiences of family members of Indigenous gamblers Louise Holdsworth, Helen Breen, Nerilee Hing and Ashley Gordon Centre for Gambling Education and Research, Southern Cross University This study explores help-seeking and help-provision by family members of Indigenous people experiencing gambling problems, a topic that previously has been ignored. Data are analysed from face-to-face interviews with 11 family members of Indigenous Australians who gamble regularly. The results confirm that substantial barriers are faced by Indigenous Australians in accessing formal help services and programs, whether for themselves or a loved one. Informal help from family and friends appears more common. In this study, this informal help includes emotional care, practical support and various forms of ?tough love?. However, these measures are mostly in vain. Participants emphasise that ?one size doesn?t fit all? when it comes to avenues of gambling help for Indigenous peoples. Efforts are needed to identify how Indigenous families and extended families can best provide social and practical support to assist their loved ones to acknowledge and address gambling problems. Western Australia?s Aboriginal heritage regime: Critiques of culture, ethnography, procedure and political economy Nicholas Herriman, La Trobe University Western Australia?s Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) and the de facto arrangements that have arisen from it constitute a large part of the Aboriginal ?heritage regime? in that state. Although designed ostensibly to protect Aboriginal heritage, the heritage regime has been subjected to various scholarly critiques. Indeed, there is a widespread perception of a need to reform the Act. But on what basis could this proceed? Here I offer an analysis of these critiques, grouped according to their focus on political economy, procedure, ethnography and culture. I outline problems surrounding the first three criticisms and then discuss two versions of the cultural critique. I argue that an extreme version of this criticism is weak and inconsistent with the other three critiques. I conclude that there is room for optimism by pointing to ways in which the heritage regime could provide more beneficial outcomes for Aboriginal people. Read With Me Everyday: Community engagement and English literacy outcomes at Erambie Mission (research report) Lawrence Bamblett Since 2009 Lawrie Bamblett has been working with his community at Erambie Mission on a literacy project called Read With Me. The programs - three have been carried out over the past four years - encourage parents to actively engage with their children?s learning through reading workshops, social media, and the writing and publication of their own stories. Lawrie attributes much of the project?s extraordinary success to the intrinsic character of the Erambie community, not least of which is their communal approach to living and sense of shared responsibility. The forgotten Yuendumu Men?s Museum murals: Shedding new light on the progenitors of the Western Desert Art Movement (research report) Bethune Carmichael and Apolline Kohen In the history of the Western Desert Art Movement, the Papunya School murals are widely acclaimed as the movement?s progenitors. However, in another community, Yuendumu, some 150 kilometres from Papunya, a seminal museum project took place prior to the completion of the Papunya School murals and the production of the first Papunya boards. The Warlpiri men at Yuendumu undertook a ground-breaking project between 1969 and 1971 to build a men?s museum that would not only house ceremonial and traditional artefacts but would also be adorned with murals depicting the Dreamings of each of the Warlpiri groups that had recently settled at Yuendumu. While the murals at Papunya are lost, those at Yuendumu have, against all odds, survived. Having been all but forgotten, this unprecedented cultural and artistic endeavour is only now being fully appreciated. Through the story of the genesis and construction of the Yuendumu Men?s Museum and its extensive murals, this paper demonstrates that the Yuendumu murals significantly contributed to the early development of the Western Desert Art Movement. It is time to acknowledge the role of Warlpiri artists in the history of the movement.b&w photographs, colour photographsracism, media, radio, pitjantjatjara, malarrak, wellington range, rock art, arrernte, fj gillen, engwura, indigenous gambling, ethnography, literacy, erambie mission, yuendumu mens museum, western desert art movement -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sue Wesson, Australian Alps oral history project 1994 : Aboriginal histories : unpublished report for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee, 1994
Unpublished report for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee. A series of interviews with a variety of people.b&w photographs, document reproductionsoral histories -
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
CD-ROM, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volumes 1 - 12 1788 - 1939 CD ROM, 1996
Contains volumes 1-12 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.CD-ROM -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Vicki Couzens, tyama-teeyt yookapa : interviews from the Meeting Point Project, 2014
This book is a collection of stories, reflections and hopes abuot Language revival in Australian Aboriginal communities, extracted from a series of interviews carried out during 2009-2010.B&w photographslanguage revival, interviews, indigenous language victoria, indigenous language nsw, parkes, gumbaynggirr, wiradjuri -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Jo Harrison, Tjitji tjuta atunymanama kamiku tjukurpawanangku =? looking after children grandmothers' way : report to the Child Protection Policy and Planning Unit, S.A., on the Child Protection Project, 1991
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 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sue Hodges, A bibliography of oral histories on the Australian Alps, 1996
Covers 465 oral history interviews contained in a number of collections: - Kosciusko Huts Committee collection, Matthew Higgins collection, Peter Read collection, Ruth Lane collection, Sue Hodges collection, Tor and Jane Holth collection, Klaus Hueneke collection, Siobhan McHugh collection, National Parks and Wildlife Service collection, Stockman's Hall of Fame collection, Timothy Lee collection, Lesley Alves collection, Sue Wesson collection, unavailable collections.b&w photographs, tableshistoriography, australian alps history, victorian history -
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Photograph, Ian Cox - ex–Tally Ho, Director Social Welfare & Aboriginal Affairs S.A, undated
See the oral history interview of Cox by Bruce Guerin 5/7/2007 – https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2328/25994/COX_Ian_cleared.pdf?sequence=1. Ian Cox was Associate Professor and director of Tally Ho from 1957 to 1962. See also https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/vic/objects/pdfs/FCVC%20-%202015-05-26%20Ian%20Cox%20document.pdf. This is Cox's summary of his time at Tally Ho, written 19 June 1987.B & W head and shoulders photograph of Ian Cox.As per the title.cox, ian, department of social welfare and aboriginal affairs, south australian government, tally ho