Memoirs of an internee. Poem of daily life in Camp 3, August 1941. Original in German and two copies translated by Gerda Kazenwadel.Black folder with clear plastic cover camp 3, internment camps, tatura victoria

Produced in two large volumes, Robert Brough Smyth has collected information on various tribes and their customs, as well as their physical and mental character; birth and education of children; marriage; death and burial of the dead; daily lives of the natives; food; diseases; dress and personal ornaments; weapons; implements and manufacturers; nets and fish hooks; methods of producing fire; canoes and myths. Smyth also devotes about two hundred pages to Aboriginal languages, as well as including details and customs of the aborigines in Tasmania. Complete with hundreds of sketches, the work is still a valuable resource not only for those with in an interest in aboriginal culture, but also those wanting to know the early history of Australia.maps, b&w illustrations, word listsrobert brough smyth, anthropology, aboriginal social life and customs, children, behaviour, death and burial customs, daily life, food, diseases, weapons, shields, boomerang, vessels, baskets, message sticks, stone tool technology, fire, canoes, myths, stories

v-xiv; 258 P.; : ill. (some col.). ; maps; figs.; notes; index; 26 cm.Tells the story of immigrants, from settlement at Port Phillip to date. It also describes the interaction with the Aboriginal people who were already here it spans 50,00 years. First chapter of each volume is an overview of traditional life at the time of contact concentrating on Aboriginal economic life altering/?managing of environment, with discussions of original population estimates and extent of decimation due to; disease in colonial times - smallpox, V.D., Aboriginal and white attitudes, friendships/?violent conflict, continued depopulation, missions/?reserves - 19th/?20th cent. incldg Lake Tyers, contemporary Aboriginal identity, welfare/?land rights programs.social identity - aboriginality. | religions - christianity - missions. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850. | daily life. | demography - population dynamics. | government policy - integration. | government policy - state and territory - victoria. | health - infectious diseases - smallpox. | land rights. | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions. | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900. | race relations - racism - stereotyping. | reproduction. | technology. | bung yarnda /? lake tyers (e vic gippsland sj55-07) victoria. | victoria -- history.

John O'Loughlin was born in 1922 in Warracknabeal, Victoria and moved to Beechworth in February 1969. Following a brief time working in the real estate business, John gained employment as a prison officer at Beechworth Gaol. The gaol had initially closed its doors in 1918 but was reopened after the completion of alterations in 1926 as a reformatory prison for habitual male criminals. In his new role, John was able to pursue management in the farming industry, taking trusted prisoners out to a farm on the Wodonga side of Beechworth to work the land. This area was known as The Rockery, a grazing property of two-hundred and eighty acres about two miles north of Beechworth. This work done by the prisoners included timber cutting, land maintenance and the grazing of livestock, mainly Black Poll cattle. The programme was an instrumental component of prisoner rehabilitation, allowing freedom and responsibility. When he retired from his work in 1987, John observed that many improvements had been made towards the living conditions and daily life of the prisoners. 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. The cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke. John O'Loughlin's account of his life in Beechworth and the local area during the twentieth century is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. He details important information surrounding Beechworth Gaol and the daily life of its prisoners; it is a place that still holds significance for the residents of Beechworth today. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the twentieth century, much of which would have been lost if they had not been preserved. 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 stripe and is currently stored in a clear flat rectangular plastic container. It holds up to forty minutes of recording on each side. John O'Loughlin / beechworth gaol, old beechworth gaol, john o'loughlin, beechworth prison, beechworth, gaol, prisoners, beechworth prison officer, prisoner reform beechworth, the rockery, black poll cattle, daily prison life beechworth, prisoner farmwork, beechworth training prison

Zelma Merle Symons married Laurence Howard Lummis in 1953Australian Women's Diary 1992 - owned by Merle Lummis. 12 months of entries of her daily life. Spiralex bound. Illustration of waratah flowers on front cover.history, bendigo, merle lummis collection