Sumner Berg was born in the small logging town of Toledo in Oregon, USA. He came to Australia in 1970 as a teacher. Prior to teaching, he travelled in Africa and joined the peace corps. Upon arriving in Australia, he was originally placed in Melbourne, then transferred to Beechworth in 1971, and has since taught and lived there, teaching biology at Beechworth High School. He is a nature enthusiast and animal rights activist. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Sumner Berg’s story is significant because he provides an opinion on life and schooling differences between America and Beechworth during the 1970s. His story also presents a perspective on teaching in Beechworth and what it was like to emigrate from America in the 1970s.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, jennifer williams, twentieth century, berg, sumner berg, usa, toledo, oregon, teaching, nature, animal rights

It had never happened before! No one had every taken legal action against the University of Melbourne and the Museum of Victoria, challenging their right to keep collections of the skeletal remains of the ancestor of Aboriginal people ... . For the 25th anniversary of the reburial in Kings Doman Garden, Shannon Faulkhead and Jim Berg tell the story of this significant battle in the history of colonisation of this country. The story incorporates the voices of 22 people, both Koorie and non-Koorie, who were involved at the time- Gatefold.B&w illustrations, b&w photographsmuseum of victoria, koori, koorie, , ancestors, history, histories, melbourne university, laws, melboune, victoria, art, artists

Semi-hardcover book, red and black cover 120 pagesnon-fictionLegal aspects of return of ancestor remains with storiesaboriginals, law

Leather bound book, 'The Universal Self-Instructor Illustrated' and Manual of General Reference, original drawings. Brown leather, gold print on cover and spine. Several pressed leaves among pages

A brief illustrated description of the aims of the Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Trustaboriginals

p.p.54; Panel questions and answers; notes; correspondence; copies of presentations;A collection of the proceedings and papers on the handling of Aboriginal skeletal remains as a result of amendments to the Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972 ; and working towards tyhe drafting of new Aboriginal Heritage Legislation and governmant moves on Land claims Legislation. Together with related papers and notes on this subject.skeletal remains-aboriginal, australian., skeletal remains conference melbourne 1984, aboriginal cultural material

27 P.; refs.; 30 cm.Outlines the history of Victorian Aboriginal people in their treatment under the Victorian Aborigines Boards and subsequent Board. Also the attitudes of white society to Aboriginal people. The establishment and history of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service is also outlined.victorian aboriginal legal service | aboriginal australians. | victoria. aborigines welfare board | australian aborigines league | federal council for the advancement of aborigines | victoria. department of aboriginal affairs australia. | department of aboriginal affairs.