Eileen Harrison was born in 1948 at the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria. She lived here until she was 13. The family moved to Ararat. Eileen left school returned to Lake Tyers when she fled form her parents’ house in Ararat, and stayed with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Phyl. Eileen found that Lake Tyers had changed for the worse since her childhood, and she only stayed three months because she found this unsettling. It wasn’t until 1993 that Eileen reconnected with the education system. To provide support for her daughter Jacey, Eileen took Higher School Certificate subjects at the Macmillan TAFE College in Warragul. In retrospect, completing the TAFE course was a pivotal moment in Eileen’s life: the “beginning of something”. Eileen later studied fine arts at the Koorie Unit of the Central Gippsland TAFE in Morwell. She received her Diploma in Cultural Studies and Art in 2003, and was the Central Gippsland TAFE student of the year. Aunty Eileen Harrison is a true living treasure of Gippsland. A regular exhibitor at Gippsland Art Gallery, Aunty Eileen has inspired thousands of people through her moving coming-of-age novel 'Black Swan: A Koorie Woman’s Life' (co-written with Carolyn Landon in 2011). Aunty Eileen stresses the importance of listening deeply from the heart. Her powerful connection to her mother and grandmother, as well as the animals and land is at the heart of these works. women of note, eileen harrison, aunty, aboriginal elder, artist, lake tyers mission gippsland, ararat, higher school certificate, macmillan tafe warrigul, koorie unit, gipps, and central tafe, morwell, diploma, cultural studies and art, gippsland art gallery, novel "black swan"

Anthropologist and Aboriginal activist Donald Thomson later lived in Eltham with wife Dorita. Contents Photocopy of photograph of Thomson family at "The Oaks", Kinglate 11 November 1891. Photocopy of old photograph of "Worlingworth", home of Donald Thomson. Booklet: "N.T.S.R.U. 1941-1943: text and photographs from the report of Sqn Leader Donald Thomson." Yirrkale Literature Production Centre, 1992. Photocopy of Australian Dictionary of Biography (Vol.16, pp385-386), entry for Thomson, Donald Finlay Fergusson. Newspaper article: "Drought close to city", no source, no date. Donald Thomson wants South Riding of Eltham declared a drought area, photograph of Elaine Thomson. Newspaper article: "Professor dies", The Post, 27 1970. Obituary of Donald Thomson. Photocopy of extracts from "Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land" 1983: Chapter "Donald Thomson: A biographical Sketch". pp1-15; Map; Notes on sources pp141-142. Newspaper article: "Memoirs of an advocate for Aboriginal rights", Diamond Valley News, 8 March 1983. Interview of Dorita Thomson, widow of Donald Thomson, about him and house "Worlingworth". Newspaper article: "Australia's secret Aboriginal 'army". Herald, 2 June 1983. Donald Thomson's life and work, and the book about it, "Donald Thomson of Arnhem Land". Invitation to exhibition of photographs by Donald Thomson, Brighton City Library, 22 July 1983. Publicity for film "Thomson of Arnhem Land" with note from Bruce Nixon, 8 June 2000. Newspaper article: "A crusader before his time", Diamond Valley News, 9 August 2000. Details of life and work of Donald Thomson. Newspaper article: "Outback part. of his life", Diamond Valley News, 9 August 2000. Interview of Dorita Thomson about Donald Thomson's life and work. Newspaper article: "Museum and Aboriginies to meet in stand-off over heritage items", The Age, 29 July 2004. Bark paintings on loan from British Museum in dispute. Magazine article: "Keeping time with Rolf", Time, 20 March 2006. Mentions of Donald Thomson. Newspaper advertisement: "The Thomson House" Templestowe, Emerson Oliver Estate Agent. The Weekly Review, no date (possibly 2017). Flier: "The Thomson House" Templestowe, Emerson Oliver Estate Agent. Newspaper article: "Once upon a time an anthropolgist watched men hunt in 10 canoes", The Age, 16 December 2006. Donald Thomson's work and a new film "Ten Canoes". Newspaper article: "A life's work offers forgotten link to the cultural wealth of nation's first people", The Age, 23 December 2024. The Donald Thomson Ethnohistory Collection. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcdonald thomson, northern territory special reconnaissance unit, donald finlay fergusson thomson, "the oaks" kinglake, "worlingworth" eltham, elaine thomson, louise thomson, rosemary thomson, dorita thomson, st margaret's church of england eltham, australian institute of aboriginal studies, brandy creek gippsland, ."donald tomson in arnhem land"., "n.t.s.r.u. 1941-1943", "thomson of arnhem land", victorian aborigines welfare board, thomson collection museum victoria, mia mia aboriginal art gallery, louise thomson-officer, marcia langton, su baker, lake tyers victorian aboriginal reserve gippsland, robert macklin, yintjingga people, 29 edwin road templestowe, royal geographic society, nicholas peterson, mapoon mission, wongo aboriginal man, wuluwirr aboriiginal man, mattuwa aboriginal man, mauwunbol aboriginal man, munguyuma aboriginal man, dja dja wurrung people, gavin jennings, gary murray, film "ten canoes", galanbingu people, mandallpuy people, djinba people, rolf de heer, arnhem land, arafura swamp, ramingining, caledon bay, lindy allen, bunjilaka centre

xv, 98 p. : ill., map. figs.; tables; notes, word list; bib.;; 25 cm.Blurb: " John Bulmer began his missionary work in 1855, commencing a life dedicated to the Christianising of Victorian Aboriginal people at Yelta on the Murray, in the Wimmera and Monaro and at Lake Tyers in Gippsland. ...he recorded many of his recollections in thirteen papers, in correspondence with R. Brough Smyth and A. W. Howitt and in ... Royal Geographical Society of Australia."`bulmer, john, 1833-1913. | aboriginal australians -- missions -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social life and customs. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social conditions.

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.

1 pamphlet 6 P.; ports.; maps; 21 cm.Gives the timeline of history for Lake Tyers reserve and mission together with families. Brief history and list of family surnames of residents at Lake Tyers 1878 - 1924.communities, settlements, reserves, missions, etc. -- 19th century - general., lake tyers - east gippsland.

Mia Mia on Mission frontage Occasionally the Natives erect temporary homes on the shores of the lake, and here we have a mother and two daughters, who have occupied this mia-mia for three weeks or more.See also page 180 'The Kurnai of Gippsland', by Phillip Pepper and Tess deAraugoBlack and white photograph of a group of Aboriginal women at a Mia Mia at Lake Tyers Mission. It shows four women wearing European style dresses, one with an apron. Photo taken outside a structure of canvas and branches with a bullock team in the background. The campfire at the front includes a bucket Lake Tyers VictoriaMia Mia on Mission Frontageaboriginals, transport, houses

The mission houses at Lake Tyers. Under the tree at the end of a burning log may be seen 'Old Lamley', an old Gippsland identity, who is now no more.Old Lamby occasionally worked at Roadknight's 'Merrangbur House' Lakes Entrance|This is one of two before paired photograph used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The other before photograph number is 01008.2|The after paired photograph number is 01008.1|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room displayBlack and white photograph of houses at Lake Tyers Mission Station showing two men. Young bearded man standing, Old Lamley (Lamby) sitting under tree. Lake Tyers VictoriaMission Houses at Lake Tyerstopography, aboriginals, houses, room display