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Camperdown & District Historical SocietyBook - "Australian Aborigines" by James Dawson, Australian Aborigines, 1881
... First edition copy of James Dawson's book, "Australian Aborigines" (1881). Dawson's book draws on his daughter Isabella's ability to speak the local languages and attempts a balanced description of a culture he considered ill-used and under-appreciated by white settlers. ...Title page of James Dawson's book "Australian Aborigines"..."AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES" BY JAMES DAWSON THE LANGUAGES AND CUSTOMS OF SEVERAL TRIBES OF ABORIGINES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA BY JAMES DAWSON GEORGE ROBERTSON MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND ADELAIDE MDCCCXXXI...CDHS CDHSFirstNations Djargurd Wurrung Djargurdwurrung Isabella Dawson "AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES" BY JAMES DAWSON THE LANGUAGES AND CUSTOMS OF SEVERAL TRIBES OF ABORIGINES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA BY JAMES DAWSON GEORGE ROBERTSON MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND ADELAIDE MDCCCXXXI Title page of James Dawson's book "Australian Aborigines" Australian Aborigines Book "Australian Aborigines" by James Dawson George Robertson ...First edition copy of James Dawson's book, "Australian Aborigines" (1881). Dawson's book draws on his daughter Isabella's ability to speak the local languages and attempts a balanced description of a culture he considered ill-used and under-appreciated by white settlers. This work remains one of the more valuable insights into the life of First Nations people at the point of first European contact.Title page of James Dawson's book "Australian Aborigines""AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES" BY JAMES DAWSON THE LANGUAGES AND CUSTOMS OF SEVERAL TRIBES OF ABORIGINES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA BY JAMES DAWSON GEORGE ROBERTSON MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND ADELAIDE MDCCCXXXIcdhs, cdhsfirstnations, djargurd wurrung, djargurdwurrung, isabella dawson -
Camperdown & District Historical SocietyBook - "Australian Aborigines" by James Dawson, Australian Aborigines, 1881
... First edition copy of James Dawson's book, "Australian Aborigines" (1881). Dawson's book draws on his daughter Isabella's ability to speak the local languages and attempts a balanced description of a culture he considered ill-used and under-appreciated by white settlers. ...Cover of James Dawson's book "Australian Aborigines" (first edition)...CDHS CDHSFirstNations Djargurd Wurrung Djargurdwurrung Isabella Dawson Cover of James Dawson's book "Australian Aborigines" (first edition) Australian Aborigines Book "Australian Aborigines" by James Dawson George Robertson ...First edition copy of James Dawson's book, "Australian Aborigines" (1881). Dawson's book draws on his daughter Isabella's ability to speak the local languages and attempts a balanced description of a culture he considered ill-used and under-appreciated by white settlers. This work remains one of the more valuable insights into the life of First Nations people at the point of first European contact.Cover of James Dawson's book "Australian Aborigines" (first edition)cdhs, cdhsfirstnations, djargurd wurrung, djargurdwurrung, isabella dawson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES, 1956
... ...Australia-Aborigines-Culture...Hardcover book The Australian Aborigines How to understand Them, 349 pages with black and white photographs. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ABORIGINAL Book Customs Australia-Aborigines-Culture A.P.Elsin Hardcover book The Australian Aborigines How to understand Them, 349 pages with black and white photographs. ...Hardcover book The Australian Aborigines How to understand Them, 349 pages with black and white photographs. Published by Angus and Robertson, printed by Halstead Press Sydney, inscription inside front cover reads, To Momma & Daddy Christmas 1961 with best wishes love Billy.A.P.Elsinaboriginal, book, customs, australia-aborigines-culture -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaBW photo (glossy), Undated
... Mr Mike Myers: an American Indians from the Mowhawk Nation is an expert consultant to the WCC team visit to the Australian Aborigines. WCC photograph...Mr Mike Myers: an American Indian from the Mowhawk Nation is an expert consultant to the WCC team visit to the Australian Aborigines June 15-July 3 1981. WCC photograph...Mr Mike Myers: an American Indians from the Mowhawk Nation is an expert consultant to the WCC team visit to the Australian Aborigines. WCC photograph Mike Myers; World Council of Churches; Aboriginal Australia visit Mr Mike Myers: an American Indian from the Mowhawk Nation is an expert consultant to the WCC team visit to the Australian Aborigines June 15-July 3 1981. ...Mr Mike Myers: an American Indians from the Mowhawk Nation is an expert consultant to the WCC team visit to the Australian Aborigines. WCC photographMike Myers head and shoulders portrait, (his) right side.Mr Mike Myers: an American Indian from the Mowhawk Nation is an expert consultant to the WCC team visit to the Australian Aborigines June 15-July 3 1981. WCC photographmike myers; world council of churches; aboriginal australia visit -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Image, Australian Aborigines, c1898
... A number of images of Australian Aborigines. ...Australian Aborigines Photograph Image ...Digitised directly from William Westgarth's "Australia Felix".A number of images of Australian Aborigines. aboriginal, aborigines, william westgarth -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: POSTCARD - CAMEL TRAIN
... Australian aborigines using camels for goods transportation during their 'walkabout'....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields Basil Miller Aborigines Bill Ramsden, P9841. Australian aborigines using camels for goods transportation during their 'walkabout'. ...Australian aborigines using camels for goods transportation during their 'walkabout'.Bill Ramsden, P9841.basil miller, aborigines -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Reference, Australian Aborigines 2
... Australian Aborigines 2 Author: James Dawson Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1881...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street Warrnambool great-ocean-road Warrnambool Shipwrecked-coast Flagstaff-Hill Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Museum Maritime-Museum Shipwreck-coast Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Village Shipwrecked-artefact Book Australian Aborigines James Dawson indigenous people Label on spine with typed text RA 572.9945 DAW Australian Aborigines 2 Author: James Dawson Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1881 Australian Aborigines 2 Book Reference ...Australian Aborigines 2 Author: James Dawson Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1881Label on spine with typed text RA 572.9945 DAW warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, australian aborigines, james dawson, indigenous people -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, David Horton, The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 1 A-L, 1994
... Comprehensive 2 volume set of encyclopaedia covering all aspects of Australian Aborigines, flora, fauna and environment....Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages 33 Saxon Street Brunswick melbourne maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, tables Comprehensive 2 volume set of encyclopaedia covering all aspects of Australian Aborigines, flora, fauna and environment. ...Comprehensive 2 volume set of encyclopaedia covering all aspects of Australian Aborigines, flora, fauna and environment.maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, tables -
Koorie Heritage TrustJournal - Serials, Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, Aboriginal History - Volume 10. 1-2 1986, 1986
... Government Policy-Aborigines...Australia...Koorie Heritage Trust Levels 1 & 3, Yarra Building Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne Government Policy-Aborigines Australia-Race Related. | Missions-Australia-Aborigines-attitudes and treatment. | Aborigines Australia-Social Security. | Native Police-Victoria-history1838. | Aborigines-Gippsland-1860-1890-Missions Relations. | Rowley Charles Dunford (1906Ð1985) | Social identity - Aboriginality | Law - Administrative law - Commonwealth | Social welfare | Government policy - Assimilation - 1926-1950 | Government policy - Assimilation - 1951-1971 | Social behaviour - Social control | Social welfare - Government - Unemployment benefits | Body - Decoration - Body modification | Dance | Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies | Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Poles | Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries | Weapons - Spears | A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. 207 P.; bibs.; tables; ports.; footnotes; 25 cm. ...A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.207 P.; bibs.; tables; ports.; footnotes; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.government policy-aborigines, australia-race related. | missions-australia-aborigines-attitudes and treatment., | aborigines, australia-social security. | native police-victoria-history1838., | aborigines-gippsland-1860-1890-missions relations. | rowley, charles dunford (1906ð1985) | social identity - aboriginality | law - administrative law - commonwealth | social welfare | government policy - assimilation - 1926-1950 | government policy - assimilation - 1951-1971 | social behaviour - social control | social welfare - government - unemployment benefits | body - decoration - body modification | dance | death - mortuary / funeral ceremonies | death - mortuary / funeral ceremonies - mortuary objects - poles | sites - mortuary sites and cemeteries | weapons - spears | -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, 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
... by Edgar Morrison. The Aborigines of Australia : a lecture delivered ... before the John Knox Young Men's Association, on Wednesday May 10th, 1854 /? ...by Edgar Morrison. The Aborigines of Australia : a lecture delivered ... before the John Knox Young Men's Association, on Wednesday May 10th, 1854 /? ...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 LanguagesBook, Charles White, The story of the blacks : the Aborigines of Australia /? Charles White (1845-1922)
... The story of the blacks : the Aborigines of Australia /? Charles White (1845-1922)...The story of the blacks : the Aborigines of Australia /? Charles White (1845-1922) Book Charles White ...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 -
Orbost & District Historical Societypitchi
... A large shallow elongated hand-made wooden receptacle used by Australian aborigines as a container for food and drink or for carrying babies....This container is an example of an implement used by the early Indigenous people of Eastern Australia. pitchi coolamon aboriginal container A large shallow elongated hand-made wooden receptacle used by Australian aborigines as a container for food and drink or for carrying babies. pitchi ...A coolamon is an Indigenous Australian carrying vessel. It is a multi-purpose shallow vessel, or dish with curved sides, ranging in length from 30–70 cm, and similar in shape to a canoe. Coolamons or pitchis were traditionally used by Aboriginal women to carry water, fruits, nuts, as well as to cradle babies. The necessary tools and equipment for hunting, fishing and warfare were one of the very few items that Aboriginals carried with them from place to place. Most were used for a multiplicity of purposes. Because many were made from raw natural materials, such as wood, generally only partial remains are found today. This container is an example of an implement used by the early Indigenous people of Eastern Australia.A large shallow elongated hand-made wooden receptacle used by Australian aborigines as a container for food and drink or for carrying babies.pitchi coolamon aboriginal container -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesBook, Macmillan Publishers Group Australia Pty Ltd, Triumph of the nomads : a History of Ancient Australia, 1982
... ...australia - aborigines...Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives 30 Gipps Street Port Fairy great-ocean-road Argues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves. habitation - nomadism. demography - palaeodemography - aboriginal settlement of australia. reproduction - infanticide. feuds and warfare. hunting gathering and fishing. food - plants. trade and exchange - trade routes. australiens (aborign̈es) aborigines australian -- social life and customs. aboriginal australians -- social life and customs -- northern territory. aboriginal australians -- history. aboriginal australians -- culture -- history. aboriginal australians -- civilization -- history. aboriginal australians -- economic conditions -- history. aboriginal australians -- social life and customs. human ecology -- australia. aboriginal australians. aborigines. australiens (aborigènes) australien. australia -- history. lake mungo / walls of china (willandra sw nsw si54-08) tasmania (tas) australia - aborigines Book Argues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves. 23.0 x 14.0cms, 938 pp. b/w illust dust jacket Triumph of the nomads : a History of Ancient Australia. ...Argues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves.23.0 x 14.0cms, 938 pp. b/w illust dust jacketnon-fictionArgues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves.habitation - nomadism., demography - palaeodemography - aboriginal settlement of australia., reproduction - infanticide., feuds and warfare., hunting, gathering and fishing., food - plants., trade and exchange - trade routes., australiens (aborign̈es), aborigines, australian -- social life and customs., aboriginal australians -- social life and customs -- northern territory., aboriginal australians -- history., aboriginal australians -- culture -- history., aboriginal australians -- civilization -- history., aboriginal australians -- economic conditions -- history., aboriginal australians -- social life and customs., human ecology -- australia., aboriginal australians., aborigines., australiens (aborigènes), australien., australia -- history., lake mungo / walls of china (willandra sw nsw si54-08), tasmania (tas), australia - aborigines, book -
Orbost & District Historical Societybook, The Australian Aborigines. How to Understand Them, 1964
... A dark blue cloth-covered book. The Australian Aborigines: How to Understand Them. Written by A.P. ...The Australian Aborigines: How to Understand Them. Written by A.P. ...Adolphus Peter Elkin (1891-1979), professor of anthropology was president of the Association for the Protection of Native Races and vice-president of the N.S.W. Aborigines Welfare Board from 1940. He wrote numerous articles, reports and books with detailed descriptions of the aboriginal way of life.This book was one of the few authoritative works on the subject of Australian Aborigines published before the second world war. It is of interest because Elkin was one of the very few white Australians who was prepared to speak for the Aboriginal people. A dark blue cloth-covered book. The Australian Aborigines: How to Understand Them. Written by A.P. Elkin, Univ. of Sydney. 4th edition.australian-aborigines elkin-a.p. anthropology -
Koorie Heritage TrustJournal - Serials, Aboriginal History Inc, Aboriginal History - Volume 25. 2001, 2001
... | Stolen Generations - Aborigines...Australia...Australia -- Periodicals. | Yorta Yorta - Native Title Claim. | Stolen Generations - Aborigines Australia. | Genocide - Aborigines Australia. | Race relations - Violent - Genocide | Race relations - Violent | History | Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations | Special Section: 'Genocide'? ...Special Section: 'Genocide'? Australian Aboriginal history in international perspective. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-iv; 300 p.; footnotes; refs.; 25 cm.Special Section: 'Genocide'? Australian Aboriginal history in international perspective. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | yorta yorta - native title claim., | stolen generations - aborigines, australia., | genocide - aborigines, australia. | race relations - violent - genocide | race relations - violent | history, | child welfare - child / parent separation - stolen generations | -
Koorie Heritage TrustBook, Broome, Richard, Aboriginal Australians : a history since 1788, 2010
... . | Australia -- Colonization. | Australia. | Aborigines. | Colonisation. | Racial discrimination. | Social conditions. | History. | Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions. | Race discrimination - Australia. | Australia - Race relations. | Australia - Colonization - History..... | Australia -- Colonization. | Australia. | Aborigines. | Colonisation. | Racial discrimination. | Social conditions. | History. | Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions. | Race discrimination - Australia. | Australia - Race relations. | Australia - Colonization - History. ...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 TrustJournal - Periodical, Barrett, Charles, Northern Australia
... ...Northern Australia-Aborigines-Fishing...Koorie Heritage Trust Levels 1 & 3, Yarra Building Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne Aborigines-Northern Australia Port Essington Northern Australia-Aborigines-Fishing Aboriginal Women-Northern Australia-Food gathering Goulburn Island Elcho Island Caledon Bay Milingimbi Wessel islands Thursday island Wyndham Broome. ...This book covers the far northern parts of Australia, from Queensland to the Kimberleys and the romantic ports of the north-west, where early navigators made landfalls. Tthe photographs, many of them unique, were taken on sea and land expeditions, the latest in 1939, when a 1200 miles' cruise was made in the mission boat Larrpan, from Darwin to the farthest east coast of Arnhem Land.pp40; illus; 27 cm.This book covers the far northern parts of Australia, from Queensland to the Kimberleys and the romantic ports of the north-west, where early navigators made landfalls. Tthe photographs, many of them unique, were taken on sea and land expeditions, the latest in 1939, when a 1200 miles' cruise was made in the mission boat Larrpan, from Darwin to the farthest east coast of Arnhem Land.aborigines-northern australia, port essington, northern australia-aborigines-fishing, aboriginal women-northern australia-food gathering, goulburn island, elcho island, caledon bay, milingimbi, wessel islands, thursday island, wyndham, broome., aboriginal art - cave paintings -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Image, "A Native Burial Place (Weeping Caps in Foreground), c1918, c1918
... australia...aborigines...Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields central australia aborigines aboriginal burial place burial caps aboriginal A burial place, surrounded with bark. ...A burial place, surrounded with bark. central australia, aborigines, aboriginal burial place, burial caps, aboriginal -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Reference, Australian Aborigines
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Australian Aborigines Has hand written "Presented to the Warrnambool Mechancis Institue and Free Library with compliments from The Author 1881" Author: James Dawson Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1881 ...The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute publication collection is of both local and state significance. warrnambool shipwrecked-coast flagstaff-hill flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum maritime-museum shipwreck-coast flagstaff-hill-maritime-village shipwrecked-artefact book warrnambool public library australian aborigines james dawson indigenous people Label on spine with typed text RA 572.9945 DAW Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library Australian Aborigines Has hand written "Presented to the Warrnambool Mechancis Institue and Free Library with compliments from The Author 1881" Author: James Dawson Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1881 Australian Aborigines Book Reference ...WARRNAMBOOL'S MECHANICS' INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr. R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 percent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 percent reference and 40 percent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items has become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850’s to the late 1950’s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr. R. Pattison The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, and to reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. As with many Mechanics' Institutes in Australia, the one which operated in Warrnambool was established and overseen for many years by key individuals associated with the development of the city itself. The WMI publication collection is historically significant because of its association with local people, places and the key historical themes in the development of Warrnambool of rural development, industry, farming, education, and community. The collection documents and illustrates the changing interests, focus and tastes of Victorians, especially those in regional cities. Generally the individual items in the collection are not particularly rare, as examples of all probably exist in other public collections in Victoria. It is primarily because there are so very few surviving Mechanics' Institute collections in Victoria, which lends this overall collection its significance. Many items in the WMI Collection have the potential to support further research, both as individual objects and through the collection in its entirety. This material is significant for its ability to assist in the interpretation of the history of the area and adds to the general understanding of the development of the township. Many components of the WMI publication collection complement and reinforce the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum Collection, the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection, and that in the Warrnambool Historical Society, and also contribute to a clearer understanding of the original Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute collections. This will greatly enhance the appreciation of the few surviving Mechanics' Institute collections across Victoria, and also in New South Wales. The similarities and differences between the small number of collections that have survived can provide further insights into how the people of Victoria in general, and Warrnambool in particular, constructed a civic culture of adult learning to foster an informed citizenry. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute publication collection is of both local and state significance. Australian Aborigines Has hand written "Presented to the Warrnambool Mechancis Institue and Free Library with compliments from The Author 1881" Author: James Dawson Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1881 Label on spine with typed text RA 572.9945 DAW Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool public library, australian aborigines, james dawson, indigenous people -
Koorie Heritage TrustBook, Roberts, Jan, Massacres to mining : the colonisation of Aboriginal Australia, 1981
... | Australia -- Colonization -- History.Massacres-Aborigines...Koorie Heritage Trust Levels 1 & 3, Yarra Building Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne Australian Aborigines. Treatment by White Australians. | Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment. | Australia -- Colonization -- History.Massacres-Aborigines Australia | Weipa Mine-Land dispossession | Mining Companies-Australia | Land Rights-History "If you take a people from their land and homes they will die. ..."If you take a people from their land and homes they will die. The mining, pastoral, forestry and tourism bodies are doing this every day of the year in Australia. But, more importantly, as this land - and in fact all things - are a part of us as we are a part of them both physically and spiritually, then to destroy all that - the environment- is to destroy the people. Massacre!"198 p.; maps; figs; ill.; index; 24 cm."If you take a people from their land and homes they will die. The mining, pastoral, forestry and tourism bodies are doing this every day of the year in Australia. But, more importantly, as this land - and in fact all things - are a part of us as we are a part of them both physically and spiritually, then to destroy all that - the environment- is to destroy the people. Massacre!"australian aborigines. treatment by white australians. | aboriginal australians -- treatment. | australia -- colonization -- history.massacres-aborigines, australia, | weipa mine-land dispossession, | mining companies-australia, | land rights-history -
Federation University Historical CollectionMap, Australia Showing Position of Some Australian Tribes, c1945, c1945
... Digitised directly from "The Australian Aborigines: How to understand them" by A.P. ...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Digitised directly from "The Australian Aborigines: How to understand them" by A.P. ...Digitised directly from "The Australian Aborigines: How to understand them" by A.P. ElkinMap of Australia showing states, river system and some Aboriginal Tribes.aboriginal, aborigines, kurnai, worworung, wongaibon, wiradjuri, dieri, wakelbura, pittapitta, waramunga, binbinga, anula, mara, waral, mulluk, larakia, worora, djaru, karadjerri, kogara, wongaii, pankala, tabalde, buandie -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, Cedric Flower, Duck & cabbage tree: a pictorial history of clothes in Australia 1788-1914, 1968
... History of clothing in Australia 1788-1914, including that of male and female settlers and Australian aborigines....Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne History of clothing in Australia 1788-1914, including that of male and female settlers and Australian aborigines. clothing australia social conditions 157 p., black & white and colour illustrations, dust jacket Duck & cabbage tree: a pictorial history of clothes in Australia 1788-1914 Book Book Cedric Flower Angus and Robertson ...157 p., black & white and colour illustrations, dust jacketnon-fictionclothing, australia social conditions -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, Jim Poulter et al, The Dust of the Mindye: the use of biological warfare in the conquest of Australia, by Jim Poulter, 2016_
... Relations between Australian Aborigines and Europeans in the early days of white settlement, with particular reference to the smallpox epidemics of 1789 and 1828....Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Relations between Australian Aborigines and Europeans in the early days of white settlement, with particular reference to the smallpox epidemics of 1789 and 1828. aborigines smallpox 96 p., paperback. ...Relations between Australian Aborigines and Europeans in the early days of white settlement, with particular reference to the smallpox epidemics of 1789 and 1828.96 p., paperback.aborigines, smallpox -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyBook - Adult Education, At the Roadhouse, 1980
... This one depicts Australian aborigines in the photos and may have been used in Aboriginal classes during the 1980's....This one depicts Australian aborigines in the photos and may have been used in Aboriginal classes during the 1980's. ...The South Australian Department of Education published books to educate adults in English Literacy. This one depicts Australian aborigines in the photos and may have been used in Aboriginal classes during the 1980's.Adult literacy in South Australia was targeted for varying groups including Aborigines. This book demonstrates the understanding of and attitude towards this group of people in 1980.Sepia coloured cover with cash register, coffee and woman serving a customer. The book is held together with 3 staples. Each page has a large black & white photo with large print at the top explaining the picture. Stamped on back and front cover: 'Myrtleford Adult Literacy Group'aborigines. adult education. literacy. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Felicity Jensz, German Moravian missionaries in the British colony of Victoria, Australia, 1848-1908 : influential strangers, 2010
... Contents: God's lot : Moravians and missions "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain "I is done no more" : the first converts "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang" expansion, movement and sluggish progress "Every triumphant death" closure in a British colony....Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages 33 Saxon Street Brunswick melbourne Djadja Wurrung Dja dja wurrung Gunai Wati Wati Wemba Wemba Woi wurrung Wurundjeri Wotjobaluk Wergaia Wotjubalak Wotjibolik Wudjubalug Kulin Nation Victorian history Moravian missions colonisation Port Phillip Protectorate Maps, b&w illustrations Contents: God's lot : Moravians and missions "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain "I is done no more" : the first converts "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang" expansion, movement and sluggish progress "Every triumphant death" closure in a British colony. ...Contents: God's lot : Moravians and missions "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain "I is done no more" : the first converts "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang" expansion, movement and sluggish progress "Every triumphant death" closure in a British colony.Maps, b&w illustrationsdjadja wurrung, dja dja wurrung, gunai, wati wati, wemba wemba, woi wurrung, wurundjeri, wotjobaluk, wergaia, wotjubalak, wotjibolik, wudjubalug, kulin nation, victorian history, moravian missions, colonisation, port phillip protectorate -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaPhotograph, Elizabeth Adler, June-July 1981
... Elisabeth Adler was part of the World Council of Churches Program to Combat Racism's visit to Australian Aborigines, June 15-July 3 1981. Adler was the German DDR Director of the Evangelical Academy of Berlin Brandenburg....Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria 54 Serrell Street Malvern East melbourne Elisabeth Adler was part of the World Council of Churches Program to Combat Racism's visit to Australian Aborigines, June 15-July 3 1981. Adler was the German DDR Director of the Evangelical Academy of Berlin Brandenburg. ...Elisabeth Adler was part of the World Council of Churches Program to Combat Racism's visit to Australian Aborigines, June 15-July 3 1981. Adler was the German DDR Director of the Evangelical Academy of Berlin Brandenburg.Black and white photograph. Head and shoulders portrait of Ms Elisabeth Adler with dark hair and wearing a white blouse.elizabeth adler, world council of churches -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, The Argus, The Argus students' practical notebook Volume 6, 1953
... It includes words and phrases, science, famous composers, legends of Australian Aborigines and stories of the ages. ....It includes words and phrases, science, famous composers, legends of Australian Aborigines and stories of the ages. . An historical view of education and children's interests. education school work 192p., illus. ...The Students' Practical Notebook appeared each Saturday in the Argus newspaper, to assist students with their education. This book is a compilation of articles from 1953. It includes words and phrases, science, famous composers, legends of Australian Aborigines and stories of the ages. .An historical view of education and children's interests.192p., illus.education, school work -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, The Argus, The Argus students' practical notebook Volume 5, 1952
... It includes nature notes, science, puzzles and pastimes, legends of Australian Aborigines and benefactors of mankind....It includes nature notes, science, puzzles and pastimes, legends of Australian Aborigines and benefactors of mankind. An historical view of education and children's interests. education school work 192p., illus. ...The Students' Practical Notebook appeared each Saturday in the Argus newspaper, to assist students with their education. This book is a compilation of articles from 1952. It includes nature notes, science, puzzles and pastimes, legends of Australian Aborigines and benefactors of mankind.An historical view of education and children's interests.192p., illus.education, school work -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBooklet, Jim Poulter et al, Australian sovereignty - past and present, by Jim Poulter and Bill Nicholson, 2012_
... aborigines...australia...Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Explains the nature of plural democracy in both traditional and contemporary Australian society aborigines australia politics and government democracy 5 p., typescript Australian sovereignty - past and present, by Jim Poulter and Bill Nicholson Booklet Jim Poulter Bill Nicholson ...Explains the nature of plural democracy in both traditional and contemporary Australian society5 p., typescriptaborigines, australia politics and government, democracy -
Koorie Heritage TrustBooklet, Aboriginal History Programme, Putting it Together, 1983
... Aborigines...Australia...Koorie Heritage Trust Levels 1 & 3, Yarra Building Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne Aborigines Australia-History. A collection of Aboriginal life histories from various parts of Australia. 33 P.; ports; figs; 21 cm. ...A collection of Aboriginal life histories from various parts of Australia.33 P.; ports; figs; 21 cm.A collection of Aboriginal life histories from various parts of Australia.aborigines, australia-history.
