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Clunes MuseumBook, Fred Cahir, My Country All Gone The White Men Have Stolen It - The Invasion of the Wadawurrung Country 1800-1870, 2019
... FIRST NATIONS HISTORY...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA FIRST NATIONS HISTORY WADAWURRUNG COUNTRY THIS BOOK REALLY BEGAN ON THE NULLABORE PLAIN IN 1983 WHEN I WAS CYCLING SOLO ACROSS AUSTRALIA FROM PERTH TO MELBOURNE... ...THIS BOOK REALLY BEGAN ON THE NULLABORE PLAIN IN 1983 WHEN I WAS CYCLING SOLO ACROSS AUSTRALIA FROM PERTH TO MELBOURNE...Soft Cover book , depicts a young Aboriginal women wrapped in a possum skin cloak standing in front of an early topographical map of Port Phillip. 348 pages.non-fictionTHIS BOOK REALLY BEGAN ON THE NULLABORE PLAIN IN 1983 WHEN I WAS CYCLING SOLO ACROSS AUSTRALIA FROM PERTH TO MELBOURNE...first nations history, wadawurrung country -
Clunes MuseumBook, Fred Cahir, BLACK GOLD - ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VICTORIA 1850-1870, 2012
... FIRST NATIONS HISTORY...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century FIRST NATIONS HISTORY AUSTRALIA'S VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. ...Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal–white interaction on the Victorian goldfields, Black Gold offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and world history—the gold story. In vivid detail it describes how Aboriginal people often figured significantly in the search for gold and documents the devastating social impact of gold mining on Victorian Aboriginal communities. It reveals the complexity of their involvement from passive presence, to active discovery, to shunning the goldfields. This detailed examination of Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria provides striking evidence which demonstrates that Aboriginal people participated in gold mining and interacted with non-Aboriginal people in a range of hitherto neglected ways. Running through this book are themes of Aboriginal empowerment, identity, integration, resistance, social disruption and communication. For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.BOUND FOLDER, BLACK CARDBOARD COVER 152 PAGESnon-fictionFred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal–white interaction on the Victorian goldfields, Black Gold offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and world history—the gold story. In vivid detail it describes how Aboriginal people often figured significantly in the search for gold and documents the devastating social impact of gold mining on Victorian Aboriginal communities. It reveals the complexity of their involvement from passive presence, to active discovery, to shunning the goldfields. This detailed examination of Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria provides striking evidence which demonstrates that Aboriginal people participated in gold mining and interacted with non-Aboriginal people in a range of hitherto neglected ways. Running through this book are themes of Aboriginal empowerment, identity, integration, resistance, social disruption and communication. For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.first nations history, australia's victorian goldfields -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, For King & Country, 2016
... first published in 2004, includes additional material in the second edition. It has been meticulously compiled from a variety of official war records and local information and is the most comprehensive work available on the records of World War One enlistments from Warrnambool and district. Australia’s military involvement in World War One was highly significant and a most important event in the history of our growth as a nation...first published in 2004, includes additional material in the second edition. It has been meticulously compiled from a variety of official war records and local information and is the most comprehensive work available on the records of World War One enlistments from Warrnambool and district. Australia’s military involvement in World War One was highly significant and a most important event in the history of our growth as a nation ...This book, a 2006 second edition of a book first published in 2004, includes additional material in the second edition. It has been meticulously compiled from a variety of official war records and local information and is the most comprehensive work available on the records of World War One enlistments from Warrnambool and district. Australia’s military involvement in World War One was highly significant and a most important event in the history of our growth as a nation and our newfound place on the world stage. This book is very important as it gives a comprehensive coverage of the people from Warrnambool and district who enlisted in World War One. It is an essential reference for researchers of those times and for family history recorders. This is a soft-cover book of 270 pages. It is the 2016 second edition of the book by Blair & Affleck of Great War Enlistments from Warrnambool and District. It has a blue cover with an image of a World War One battle scene in the background covering both the front and the back cover. The front cover has an inset colour photograph of the soldier figure from the Warrnambool War Memorial and the back cover has a colour photograph of the World War One Honor Roll from Christ Church, Warrnambool. The titles etc on the cover are printed in yellow. The book has a contents page, acknowledgements and introduction, an index, lists and descriptions of soldiers who died in the war and those who returned home, information on local Honour Boards and appendices.Front Cover: ‘For King & Country, Great War Enlistments from Warrnambool and District, Ron Blair and James Affleck, 2nd edition, 2016’ Spine: ‘For King and Country – Great War Enlistments from Warrnambool and District, Ron Blair and James Affleck’ world war one, enlistments in world war one from warrnambool and district., blair and affleck, warrnambool, history -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Giordano Nanni et al, Coranderrk; We will show the country, 2013
... First Nations People...Healesville...indigenous history...Retrieved from http://www.minutesofevidence.com.au/education/coranderrk-we-will-show-the-country-book/ Aboriginal Australians Coranderrk First Nations People Healesville indigenous history Performance Play Ex Yarra Plenty Regional Library copy Paperback 224 pages; 23 x 18.8 x 1.6cm Coranderrk; We will show the country Book Book Giordano Nanni Andrea James Aboriginal Studies Press ...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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - MINE POPPET HEAD
... History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields MINING Surface equipment surface site Bendigo mines and mining mines mine poppet head mining shed Black + White Photograph. Poppet Head with tubular steel legs, lattice stays and cross bracing. 1 Male pushing one track on overhead trackway from first landing platemans cubby or first landing. Wincher house, wood stack, chimney shed without coverin On back 'A,156' Signature 'R. Stanistreet.' 'Poppet head of a Bendigo Mine'. Stamped Australian Nations ...Black + White Photograph. Poppet Head with tubular steel legs, lattice stays and cross bracing. 1 Male pushing one track on overhead trackway from first landing platemans cubby or first landing. Wincher house, wood stack, chimney shed without coverin On back 'A,156' Signature 'R. Stanistreet.' 'Poppet head of a Bendigo Mine'. Stamped Australian Nations Travel Association.mining, surface equipment, surface site, bendigo, mines and mining, mines, mine, poppet head, mining shed -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph - Photograph Reproduction, 1870
... Nation. This photograph is historically significant as it provides information about the staff served at the Mayday Hills Hospital when it first opened. It also contributes to the understanding of the district`s development and its importance to the course of Victoria`s history and adds valuable information about the changing approaches to the treatment of mental health conditions. ...The photograph is a copy of the original one, with the latter been captured in 1870. The man depicted is Doctor Thomas Thomson Dick, who was the first Medical Superintendent at Mayday Hills Hospital. He was born in Scotland in 1840 and he died in East Malvern in 1919. He obtained his degree of Doctor of Medicine from Melbourne University in 1864 and, later in his career, he became Inspector-General of the mentally ill. Dr Dick promoted the hospital`s self-sufficiency by engaging patients in various forms of work, such as clothing alterations and cultivation of the farm. He also introduced monthly balls, which could be attended by patients, staff and guests, and they were later replaced by concerts. The Mayday Hills Hospital was constructed between 1864 and 1867, with buildings created in a number of periods. It formally opened on 24 October 1867 and, along with the Ovens Hospital and the Benevolent Asylum, made Beechworth a prominent social welfare centre in Victoria. The need for an institution of this kind was arisen due to the increased number of people with mental disturbances (induced by the harsh living conditions on the goldfields) and the remoteness of the district from Melbourne. The site was chosen for its panoramic view of the countryside, the hilltop atmosphere and the native fauna, all contributing to the cure of patients.The Hospital was originally named the “Ovens Lunatic Asylum” but, during the centenary celebrations in 1967, the name was officially changed to “Mayday Hills Hospital”, showing the gradual shift in the perception and understanding of mental health conditions over the last decades. The Hospital lies on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation.This photograph is historically significant as it provides information about the staff served at the Mayday Hills Hospital when it first opened. It also contributes to the understanding of the district`s development and its importance to the course of Victoria`s history and adds valuable information about the changing approaches to the treatment of mental health conditions.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on paper.Obverse: (7)/ Reverse: 1997.2452/ Dr Dick/No(7) Pioneer Board/doctor thomas thomson dick, superintendent, mayday hills hospital, scotland, east malvern, doctor of medicine, melbourne university, inspector-general, clothing alterations, cultivation of the farm, self-sufficiency, balls, concerts, ovens hospital, benevolent asylum, beechworth, goldfields, kulin nation, panoramic view, mental health conditions -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook - Directory, ABC Books, The ghost and the bounty hunter, 2020
... first nations people, close to death. He lived with the Wadawurrung people until 1835 when John Batman arrived in the Port Phillip Bay area. william buckley john batman victoria history kulin nation The story of William Buckley. 306 p., illus. ...The story of William Buckley.306 p., illus.non-fictionThe story of William Buckley.william buckley, john batman, victoria history, kulin nation -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, the colonisation of Australia . . . as told by a nine-year-old in 1960 by Robbo Bennetts, 2020
... first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations ..."The Colonisation of Australia is a record of what was taught in a small-town Victorian primary school sixty years ago about the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations history and reflections on what he was taught at school, acknowledging shortcomings at the time.Paperback; 100 pages; illustratednon-fiction"The Colonisation of Australia is a record of what was taught in a small-town Victorian primary school sixty years ago about the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations history and reflections on what he was taught at school, acknowledging shortcomings at the time. robbo bennetts, lower plenty state school, reminiscences, childhood, school work, lower plenty -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Liz Pidgeon, Moor-Rul Viewing Platform Panel: The Highland Taken, 10 August 2016
... first Europeans to farm this place". The Moor-Rul Viewing Platform, part of the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park opened in April 2007. Eight double-sided interpretation panels on the Moor-rul viewing platform highlight the area's Aboriginal and European history of the area and also details of local geology, flora and fauna. These panels feature high quality graphic design and professionally written text. The subjects covered are: ''Womin Je Ka" Welcome The Kulin Nation...first Europeans to farm this place". The Moor-Rul Viewing Platform, part of the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park opened in April 2007. Eight double-sided interpretation panels on the Moor-rul viewing platform highlight the area's Aboriginal and European history of the area and also details of local geology, flora and fauna. These panels feature high quality graphic design and professionally written text. The subjects covered are: ''Womin Je Ka" Welcome The Kulin Nation ..."The Scots were the first Europeans to farm this place". The Moor-Rul Viewing Platform, part of the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park opened in April 2007. Eight double-sided interpretation panels on the Moor-rul viewing platform highlight the area's Aboriginal and European history of the area and also details of local geology, flora and fauna. These panels feature high quality graphic design and professionally written text. The subjects covered are: ''Womin Je Ka" Welcome The Kulin Nation Singing, Dancing, Ceremony, Celebration This Country, My Home The Highland Taken Auld Lang Syne "Same Land Different Views" Working the Land Food from the Earth or "Earth's Harvest" Lest We Forget, "And with the going down of the Sun .... (3 panels) This Black Earth Those other indigenous inhabitants - Kangaroo Ground's Wildlife Silent Witnesses - Kangaroo Ground's White Manna Gums Belonging A Place of Reverence and A Tower of Strength Souce: EDHS Newsletter No 173 March 2007. As part of a program to acknowledge the Anzac Centenary Nillumbik Shire Council partnered with Yarra Plenty Regional Library to provide a bus tour with commentary of local sites of significance: Shire of Nillumbik World War One Memorials tour, 10 August 2016. These included Eltham township, the Shire of Eltham War Memorial at Kangaroo Ground, Christmas Hills war memorial, Hurstbridge memorial recreation park and finshed at Eltham Library to view the Writing the War exhibtion at Eltham Library Community Gallery.Born Digitalshire of nillumbik, kangaroo ground, moor-rul viewing platform, interpretative signage, interpretation panel, indigenous history, display panel, early settlers -
St James Old CathedralCathedral Building, St James Old Cathedral, 09/11/1839
... first families in the District of Bourke and the Colony of Victoria. St James Old Cathedral is of the most important historic value to the community of Victoria and to the Australian nation as the first Anglican Church founded within 4 years of the settlement of Melbourne. It represents and conserves the very earliest history ...St James Church, "Church of the Pioneers", was the first Church, first Anglican Church, and is the oldest building in Melbourne. The foundation stone was laid in 1839 by the Superintendent of the District of Bourke, Charles La Trobe, later Governor of the Colony of Victoria. The Church was opened in 1842 and the first Bishop Charles Perry was installed in the Cathedral in 1848 when its status changed to that of Cathedral. Its status changed back to that of a Parish church after 1891 when St Paul's Cathedral in Swanston Street was opened. St James is known as the "Church of the Pioneers" as it served as the place of worship, marriage, baptism and burial of many of the first families in the District of Bourke and the Colony of Victoria. St James Old Cathedral is of the most important historic value to the community of Victoria and to the Australian nation as the first Anglican Church founded within 4 years of the settlement of Melbourne. It represents and conserves the very earliest history of white settlement in Victoria and preserves the church associated history of the Pioneer families of Victoria in its collection of original records and artefacts. Late Neo-Georgian style stone church building with bluestone footings. Octagonal upper one storey bell tower housing eight bells supported by two storey square towers. Body of church has sloping roof and 4 stained glass ornamental windows on each of west and east sides with decorative sanctuary window to the north. Decorative Portico with columns on the north outside elevation. National Trust Commemorative plate on outside wall to right of east entry door. -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Dover Publications, The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783, 1987
... history, strategy, and comprehension of commercial and military command of the high seas. The first president of the U.S. Naval War College, Alfred Thayer Mahan demonstrates through historical examples that the rise and fall of sea power and the wealth of nations have always been linked with commercial and military command of the sea. ...Though technological advances over the last century have revolutionized warfare, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 remains a classic text on the history, strategy, and comprehension of commercial and military command of the high seas. The first president of the U.S. Naval War College, Alfred Thayer Mahan demonstrates through historical examples that the rise and fall of sea power and the wealth of nations have always been linked with commercial and military command of the sea. Mahan describes successful naval strategies employed in the past--from Greek and Roman times through the Napoleonic Wars--with an intense focus on England's rise as a sea power in the eighteenth century. This book provides not only an overview of naval tactics but also a lucid exposition of geographic, economic, and social factors governing the maintenance of sea power.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.557.non-fictionThough technological advances over the last century have revolutionized warfare, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 remains a classic text on the history, strategy, and comprehension of commercial and military command of the high seas. The first president of the U.S. Naval War College, Alfred Thayer Mahan demonstrates through historical examples that the rise and fall of sea power and the wealth of nations have always been linked with commercial and military command of the sea. Mahan describes successful naval strategies employed in the past--from Greek and Roman times through the Napoleonic Wars--with an intense focus on England's rise as a sea power in the eighteenth century. This book provides not only an overview of naval tactics but also a lucid exposition of geographic, economic, and social factors governing the maintenance of sea power.naval history - modern, sea power -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, David Mason, Marching with the devil: Legends, glory and lies in the French foreign legion, 2010
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Soldiers - Australia - Biography France - Military history Based on his diaries, this is a frank account of how Mason came first in French Foreign Legion basic training, trained other Legionnaires, went to Africa, did sniper, commando and medic's training and took part in two operations, both in the Republic of Djibouti, where a civil war nearly crippled the nation. ...Based on his diaries, this is a frank account of how Mason came first in French Foreign Legion basic training, trained other Legionnaires, went to Africa, did sniper, commando and medic's training and took part in two operations, both in the Republic of Djibouti, where a civil war nearly crippled the nation. It tells of his daily life in the Legion, in the training regiment, in Africa and with the Legion's Parachute Regiment. But more than this, David's gripping account reveals his disillusionment, frustration and disappointments, and how the Legion today is not what it seems.Ill, p.380.non-fictionBased on his diaries, this is a frank account of how Mason came first in French Foreign Legion basic training, trained other Legionnaires, went to Africa, did sniper, commando and medic's training and took part in two operations, both in the Republic of Djibouti, where a civil war nearly crippled the nation. It tells of his daily life in the Legion, in the training regiment, in Africa and with the Legion's Parachute Regiment. But more than this, David's gripping account reveals his disillusionment, frustration and disappointments, and how the Legion today is not what it seems.soldiers - australia - biography, france - military history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
... History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BHS Collection BENDIGO History long gully history group The Long Gully History Group - Neighbourhood Watch Edward Clarence Dyason Isaac Dyason George Lansell St Andrew's College Melbourne University Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfield Company Chamber of Mines Gold Producers Association Bendigo Mines Limited League of Nations Australian Institute for International Affairs Melbourne Syphony Orchestra World War II British Commonwealth Relations Conference Powercor Australia City of Greater Bendigo Eaglehawk heritage Society Cornish Association Long Gully School Department of Main Roads St Laurence Court Charles Fay La Trobe History Department Cheryl Wallis Three pages, the first titled Neighbourhood Watch. ...BHS CollectionThree pages, the first titled Neighbourhood Watch. The second, dated 2/6/97, mentions a phone call to the City of Greater Bendigo about speaking to Marco in the Planning Department. The third, dated 30/5/97, also mentions Eaglehawk Heritage Society, Cornish Miners, Cornish Association, Long Gully School, Department of Main Roads, St laurence Court, Charles Fay, La Trobe History Department. It has Cheryl Wallis signature at the bottom of page.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - neighbourhood watch, edward clarence dyason, isaac dyason, george lansell, st andrew's college, melbourne university, bendigo amalgamated goldfield company, chamber of mines, gold producers association, bendigo mines limited, league of nations, australian institute for international affairs, melbourne syphony orchestra, world war ii, british commonwealth relations conference, powercor australia, city of greater bendigo, eaglehawk heritage society, cornish association, long gully school, department of main roads, st laurence court, charles fay, la trobe history department, cheryl wallis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - Aborigines of the Bendigo area
... Bendigo first nation...history...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BHS Collection Bendigo first nation history Five pages typewritten article by Rod Fyffe titled "Aborigines of the Bendigo area". ...BHS CollectionFive pages typewritten article by Rod Fyffe titled "Aborigines of the Bendigo area".bendigo first nation, history -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyDocument - Exhibition Catalogue, Joan Winter, Dredging, Draining, Dipping & Shipping: A History of the Foreshore & Low-lying Lands of the City of Port Phillip, Apr 1996
... Nation Caroline Frederica LIARDET Swallow & Ariell Ltd Mission to Seafarers Emerald Hill St Kilda First major exhibition from the Council of Port Phillip was held in 1995. The catalogue material on Port Melbourne was written by PMH&PS members. It toured the city and then a reduced version was sent to sister city, Devonport. Black text and picture of Sandridge from the Esplanade, St Kilda on cover. Dredging, Draining, Dipping & Shipping: A History ...First major exhibition from the Council of Port Phillip was held in 1995. The catalogue material on Port Melbourne was written by PMH&PS members. It toured the city and then a reduced version was sent to sister city, Devonport. Black text and picture of Sandridge from the Esplanade, St Kilda on cover. sandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves, piers and wharves - waterside workers, arts and entertainment, transport - shipping, centenary bridge, beacons, fishermans bend, transport - aviation and aerodrome, sport - swimming, flood, local government - city of port phillip, kulin nation, caroline frederica liardet, swallow & ariell ltd, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, st kilda -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Tool - WOODEN MALLET
... History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields First nation tool Mallet Wooden mallet. ...Wooden mallet. Natural wooden construction, possibly aboriginal club Previously #140 Timber knots on head end. Approx 50cm long.first nation tool, mallet -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting, Danny Lovett, Within (the Serpent Creation)
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road This artwork was the cover art chosen for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Glenelg Shire Council and Indigenous Communities of 2005. Danny Lovett is a Gunditjmara artist. First Nations ...The Creation Serpent is the central image moving through the land. As well as being the creator of the land, it's whole image, coloured blocks and individual dots represent the Gunditjmara Nation, tribal groups and individual clans respectively. The four hands in the corners mark all peoples who at present form our community. They show the people that live on the land in the north, south, east and west of the Shire. The two shaded hands in the background represent the spirit of the old people living within the land. They not only point to the law which governs the country but also remind us of the spirits of those elders whose lives were lost both in battle and in life itself.This artwork was the cover art chosen for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Glenelg Shire Council and Indigenous Communities of 2005. Danny Lovett is a Gunditjmara artist.An image of a serpent in the centre of the work. The serpent is depicted in white dots. Its body has sections of yellow and blue. It's head is burgundy. Surrounding the serpent in each corner there are four handprints. The background of the work is painted blue, red and yellow areas which look sponged. Surrounding the artwork is a border of black and white also with a sponged effect. It is framed in dark brown plain wood.first nations, aboriginal art, serpent -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPainting, Tina Saunders, Bushfire, 2013
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Aboriginal Art First Nations Bushfire Bush Landscape Tina Saunders (bottom right in orange paint) A depiction of bushfire. ...Always wanting to paint the bushfire. Seen heaps of things with burning of heath land for Alcoa and went running through it like we were in the fire. It was beautiful but we were crying as we didn’t want them to do it. We were right in the middle of it as it was all glowing everywhere. Always fascinated by that fire when I think about it as we tried to stop it but they bought the police out and we couldn’t get in there as they had security and we were surrounded. We camped out there for four years we had the camp and would come and go from the house in town. Zac Martin and heaps of people in and out and good times with Uncle Banjo and newspaper journalists. 30 years ago this was, late 70’s and took 6 years to get them to court. Flew a guy out from America (the equaliser) who interviewed us about why we were doing it. They burnt right along the cliff whilst we were camped there and we had seen the seasons and got into the spirit of the land with native blossom and it was beautiful – and they burnt it all, all the little animals, it was incredible as the heathland was absolutely beautiful, it was magic and they could not see that. They pegged it out to do it all and we would sneak out and move the pegs and we tried to fight them every which way. Amy was there with all her kids in a massive striped tent but she moved them out when the police came to move us out. They had us surrounded, police from everywhere. We had no water and people would bring us water and food. Another time a big bushfire came through and we had to get in the dam at Lake Condah Mission. I was aged around 10 or 11.” June 2014 As recorded by Anna Louise Sheba for the entry in the Victorian Indigenous Arts Award Ballarat. Ms. Christina Isabel Saunders Traditional Landowner Elder Gundij Mara Tribe (South Western Victoria, Australia) Descendant of Kilcarer – Cape Bridgewater Clan and Gilgar - Lake Condah Mission Clan A depiction of bushfire. Red, yellow, orange and black paint. Swirls and shapes to represent the flames.Tina Saunders (bottom right in orange paint)aboriginal art, first nations, bushfire, bush, landscape -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBook, William Joy, Birth of a Nation, 1962
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Warrnambool Public Library Story of early colonial Australia Front: Warrnambool Public Library (title page) Light green cloth-covered spine and cardboard covers. Text and graphics on spine (black). A section of the dust jacket attached to front cover and first page. Birth of a Nation ...Story of early colonial AustraliaLight green cloth-covered spine and cardboard covers. Text and graphics on spine (black). A section of the dust jacket attached to front cover and first page.Story of early colonial Australia -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedJournal - Victorian Historical Journal Volume 85 Number 1 June 2014, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, June 2014
... Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine 3020. melbourne Aborginal Aborigine First Nation Article Page 12: Finding Indigenous History in the RHSV Collections by Fred Cahir This article focuses on locating Aboriginal history in the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHVS) collections. ...Article Page 12: Finding Indigenous History in the RHSV Collections by Fred Cahir This article focuses on locating Aboriginal history in the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHVS) collections.Paperback book with glossy front covernon-fictionArticle Page 12: Finding Indigenous History in the RHSV Collections by Fred Cahir This article focuses on locating Aboriginal history in the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHVS) collections.aborginal, aborigine, first nation -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedMixed media - Brimbank City Council NAIDOC Week 2025, Brimbank City Council
... The main purpose of Australia's NAIDOC Week is to: - Celebrate First Nations culture and achievements - Educate all Australians - Promote unity and participation. - Recognise excellence through awards. - Support First Nations artists. - Honour a long history of activism and cultural pride. ...The City of Brimbank Council hosts annual NAIDOC Week celebrations honour the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. These events form a major part of Brimbank’s commitment to recognising Traditional Custodians and strengthening community understanding. The 2025 National Theme was "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy". Australia's NAIDOC Week exists to celebrate, recognise, and honour the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is one of the most important national observances for First Nations recognition. The main purpose of Australia's NAIDOC Week is to: - Celebrate First Nations culture and achievements - Educate all Australians - Promote unity and participation. - Recognise excellence through awards. - Support First Nations artists. - Honour a long history of activism and cultural pride. NAIDOC is both a celebration and a call to continue the work of recognition, justice, and cultural strength. 4781.01 - Brimbank City Council NAIDOC Week - 2025 Poster.jpg Uncle Shane Charles, Aunty Marjory Jean Mason & Aunty Lee-Anne Clarke 4781.02 - Brimbank City Council 2025 NAIDOC Week - Elders Share Artistic Talent.jpg Uncle Shane Charles, Aunty Marjory Jean Mason & Aunty Lee-Anne Clarke 4781.03 - Brimbank City Council 2025 NAIDOC Week - Celebrating NAIDOC Week.jpg Cr. Victoria Borg, Cr. Kathleen Nikolic, Cr. Virginia Tachos, Cr. Kim Thien Truong, Cr. Daniel Kruk, Mayor Cr. Thuy Dang, Aunty Lee-Anne Clarke, Uncle Shane Charles, Dr. Helen Bodycomb, Fraser MP Dr. Daniel Mulino & Rose Bruhn. 4781.04 - Brimbank City Council 2025 NAIDOC Week - The Hunt Club Gallery.jpg 4781.05 - Brimbank City Council 2025 NAIDOC Week - The Hunt Club Gallery.jpg 4781.06 - Brimbank City Council 2025 NAIDOC Week - The Hunt Club Gallery.jpg 4781.07 - Brimbank City Council 2025 NAIDOC Week - The Hunt Club Gallery.jpg aboriginal, first nation, naidoc, aunty jean mason, uncle shane charles, aunty lee-anne clarke, the hunt club and community arts centre, ballarat road, deer park -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedDocument - Shire Of Melton Heritage Study Environmental History 2007, David Moloney, May 2007
... Charles Grimes Kororoit Creek Derrimut First Nation Aboriginal Aborigine Hume and Hovell Rockbank Inn Keilor Plains John Batman Rockbank Rockbank Wireless Station Shire Of Melton Heritage Study Environmental History David Maloney May 2007 Digital PDF File Document Shire Of Melton Heritage Study Environmental History 2007 David Moloney ...The Braybrook Road Board proclaimed on the 28th May 1860, and subsequently on the 23rd January 1871, renamed to The Shire of Braybrook. The Braybrook Roads Board and Shire of Braybrook were the earliest form of local government for the entire district that later became Sunshine, and its jurisdiction originally stretched all the way west to Toolern Creek near present‑day Melton. This means that much of what we now think of as “East Melton” and “Rockbank” was once governed from Braybrook.Mention in this document includes Charles Grimes and John Batman, two of the district's early explorers, the local aborigine clans, Kororoit Creek, Keilor Plains, Rockbank Inn and the Rockbank Beam Wireless Station.Shire Of Melton Heritage Study Environmental History David Maloney May 2007charles grimes, kororoit creek, derrimut, first nation, aboriginal, aborigine, hume and hovell, rockbank inn, keilor plains, john batman, rockbank, rockbank wireless station -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook, Jennifer Jones et al, On Taungurung Land-Sharing History and Culture, 2020
... On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture is the first monograph to examine how the Taungurung Nation of central Victoria negotiated with protectors and pastoralists to retain possession of their own country for as long as possible. ...A book telling of the history of two foundational Aboriginal stations on Taungurung Country in central Victoria. taungurung nation elder uncle roy patterson jennifer jones acheron aboriginal station mohican aboriginal station central victoria history white settlement On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture is the first monograph to examine how the Taungurung Nation of central Victoria negotiated with protectors and pastoralists to retain possession of their own country for as long as possible. ...On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture is the first monograph to examine how the Taungurung Nation of central Victoria negotiated with protectors and pastoralists to retain possession of their own country for as long as possible.Front cover has a photograph of the Patterson family c.1904. Back cover has the blurb of the book and information about the authors of the book.non-fictionOn Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture is the first monograph to examine how the Taungurung Nation of central Victoria negotiated with protectors and pastoralists to retain possession of their own country for as long as possible.taungurung nation, elder uncle roy patterson, jennifer jones, acheron aboriginal station, mohican aboriginal station, central victoria, history, white settlement -
Merri-bek City CouncilWork on paper - Charcoal and pages from Aboriginal Words and Place Names, Jenna Lee, Without us, 2022
... Selection criteria • Shows a distinctive and verifiable connection with the City of Merri-bek, such as being a work of art by an artist who has contributed to the creative culture of Merri-bek • A work that enhances the status and diversity of the Merri-bek Art Collection • A work that engages with important social, cultural or environmental issues • An innovative artwork that reflects current trends within a broader context of contemporary Australian art • An artwork that builds upon and strengthens the First Nations art component of the Merri-bek Art Collection, as per Council’s Reconciliation Policy Statement of significance The two proposed works by Jenna Lee, Without Us (2022) and Billy Can Pair (2022), engage with themes of ancestral material culture, colonial histories, and the reclamation of Indigenous identity. ...Jenna Lee dissects and reconstructs colonial 'Indigenous dictionaries' and embeds the works with new cultural meaning. Long obsessed with the duality of the destructive and healing properties that fire can yield, this element has been applied to the paper in the forms of burning and mark-making. In Without Us, Lee uses charcoal to conceal the text on the page, viewing this process as a ritualistic act of reclaiming and honouring Indigenous heritage while challenging the oppressive legacies of colonialism. Lee explains in Art Guide (2022), ‘These books in particular [used to create the proposed works] are Aboriginal language dictionaries—but there’s no such thing as “Aboriginal language”. There are hundreds of languages. The dictionary just presents words, with no reference to where they came from. It was specifically published by collating compendiums from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, with the purpose to give [non-Indigenous] people pleasant sounding Aboriginal words to name children, houses and boats. And yet the first things that were taken from us was our language, children, land and water. And the reason our words were so widely written down was because [white Australians] were trying to eradicate us. They thought we were going extinct. The deeper you get into it, the darker it gets. But the purpose of my work is to take those horrible things and cast them as something beautiful.’Framed artwork -
Merri-bek City CouncilPhotograph - Digital print on Ilford Fibre Pearl paper, Kim Kruger, Within ten miles of Melbourne 1, 2022
... history dating back tens of thousands of years.’ As such, Kruger’s works are connected to an important moment in which Council demonstrated its commitment to reconciliation. Kruger says the legacy of slavery still haunts Sydney Road. Her photographs are an important counterpoint to imperial archives and reinsert the sovereignty of First Nations ...merri-bek public art collection -
Merri-bek City CouncilPhotograph - Digital print on Ilford Fibre Pearl paper, Kim Kruger, Splitting logs for a “feed” 1, 2022
... history dating back tens of thousands of years.’ As such, Kruger’s works are connected to an important moment in which Council demonstrated its commitment to reconciliation. Kruger says the legacy of slavery still haunts Sydney Road. Her photographs are an important counterpoint to imperial archives and reinsert the sovereignty of First Nations ... -
Merri-bek City CouncilPhotograph - Digital print on photographic paper, Maree Clarke, The Long Journey Home 4, 2024
... First Nations art component and demonstrates the Council’s respect for the natural landscapes and traditional First Nations practices. Both works were commissioned for and exhibited in Future River: When the Past Flows at the Counihan Gallery, which ran from 3 February to 28 April 2024 as part of PHOTO 2024.The exhibition examined the explored the memories, narratives, and histories that the waterways underneath our urban city and was the result of a significant partnership with Blak Dot Gallery. ... -
Merri-bek City CouncilPhotograph - Digital print on photographic paper, Maree Clarke, The Long Journey Home 9, 2024
... First Nations art component and demonstrates the Council’s respect for the natural landscapes and traditional First Nations practices. Both works were commissioned for and exhibited in Future River: When the Past Flows at the Counihan Gallery, which ran from 3 February to 28 April 2024 as part of PHOTO 2024.The exhibition examined the explored the memories, narratives, and histories that the waterways underneath our urban city and was the result of a significant partnership with Blak Dot Gallery. ... -
Merri-bek City CouncilPhotograph - Pigment inkjet print dry mounted to Dibond, Peta Clancy, here merri merri lies 8, 2024
... Selection criteria • Shows a distinctive and verifiable connection with the City of Merri-bek, such as being a work of art by an artist who has contributed to the creative culture of Merri-bek • A work that enhances the status and diversity of the Merri-bek Art Collection • A work that engages with important social, cultural or environmental issues • An innovative artwork that reflects current trends within a broader context of contemporary Australian art • An artwork that builds upon and strengthens the First Nations art component of the Merri-bek Art Collection, as per Council’s Reconciliation Policy Statement of significance The two proposed works by Peta Clancy are physically reconstructed and manipulated photographs that convey the layered and hidden histories of Aboriginal Country. ... -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedFlag - Australian Flag
... history of British settlement and the institutions inherited from Britain, the parliamentary democracy, rule of law, and civic rights. The Commonwealth Star - Large seven‑pointed star beneath the Union Jack. - Six points, the six points represent the states, the seventh point represents all territories. - Represents federation and the unity of Australia as a Commonwealth. The Southern Cross - Five stars on the fly side of the flag. - A constellation visible only in the Southern Hemisphere, long used for navigation by explorers and sailors. - Holds deep significance in First Nations...history of British settlement and the institutions inherited from Britain, the parliamentary democracy, rule of law, and civic rights. The Commonwealth Star - Large seven‑pointed star beneath the Union Jack. - Six points, the six points represent the states, the seventh point represents all territories. - Represents federation and the unity of Australia as a Commonwealth. The Southern Cross - Five stars on the fly side of the flag. - A constellation visible only in the Southern Hemisphere, long used for navigation by explorers and sailors. - Holds deep significance in First Nations ...The Australian flag symbolises the nation’s origins, identity, and political structure. Its three core elements, the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross represent a different layer of Australia’s history and national story. The Union Jack - Located in the canton (top-left corner), the position of honour. - Acknowledges the history of British settlement and the institutions inherited from Britain, the parliamentary democracy, rule of law, and civic rights. The Commonwealth Star - Large seven‑pointed star beneath the Union Jack. - Six points, the six points represent the states, the seventh point represents all territories. - Represents federation and the unity of Australia as a Commonwealth. The Southern Cross - Five stars on the fly side of the flag. - A constellation visible only in the Southern Hemisphere, long used for navigation by explorers and sailors. - Holds deep significance in First Nations astronomy, with many cultural stories attached to it. - Symbolises Australia’s geographical location and its identity as a southern nation. The Australian flag was first flown in 1901 after a public design competition with over 32,000 entries. It was officially adopted in 1903 and modified in 1908 to add the seventh point to the Commonwealth Star. It became the official national flag in 1954 under the Flags Act, reflecting Australia’s growing independence from Britain.Australian Flag. This flag is suitable to be flown on a flagpole.Manufacturer's Tag: Manufactured in Australia by Carroll & Richardsonaustralian flag
