Walata Tyamateetj


Book Description

Public Record Office Victoria and the National Archives of Australia hold many government records about Aboriginal people in Victoria. This guide is designed to help Victorian Aboriginal people find records about their family and country. It will also assist anyone researching the history and administration of Aboriginal affairs in Victoria to find relevant records.




Walata Tyamateetj


Book Description

Uniquely for Victoria, the records created by the many Victorian government agencies overseeing the administration of Aboriginal affairs have become part of the collections held by both Public Record Office Victoria and the National Archives of Australia. The collection was separated due to an administrative change of responsibility for Aboriginal affairs from the State to the Commonwealth in 1975. This guide highlights the wealth of material about Aboriginal Victorians that can be found within government archives, and assists researchers to access these records, regardless of which archive they are currently in.




Between Two Worlds


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Between two worlds: the Commonwealth Government and the removal of Aboriginal children of part-descent in the Northern Territory.




Daughter of Two Worlds


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Family history of a Victorian Aboriginal family. As a child Dawn Lee was fascinated by the family legend thet her great grandfather was a mysterious white English Lord who somehow met her great grandmother Susannah, a full-tribal Guditjmara woman living in the lava caves of Mt Eccles in western Victoria. Tracking through archives for over 15 years, family secrets were unearthed. Includes historical photos, documents and bibliography.




Aboriginal Victorians


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The fascinating and sometimes horrifying story of Aborigines in Victoria since white settlement, from one of Australia's leading historians.




Tracking Family


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Past governments followed policies of separating Indigenous children from their families. Many children were placed in homes or missions run by churches or the government. In some cases, they were fostered or adopted. This guide aims to assist Indigenous people to access records to re-establish links with families and communities. It draws together information from a range of government and non-government agencies and identifies relevant records, their location and access conditions.




Historical Records of Victoria


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This is part of a series of seven volumes on the history of Victoria. This volume follows the settlement of Port Phillip District between 1835 and 1840.




Lookin for Your Mob


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Family history source handbook; genealogy; includes relevant organisations arranged by state.




Indigenous Notions of Ownership and Libraries, Archives and Museums


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Tangible and intangible forms of indigenous knowledges and cultural expressions are often found in libraries, archives or museums. Often the "legal" copyright is not held by the indigenous people’s group from which the knowledge or cultural expression originates. Indigenous peoples regard unauthorized use of their cultural expressions as theft and believe that the true expression of that knowledge can only be sustained, transformed, and remain dynamic in its proper cultural context. Readers will begin to understand how to respect and preserve these ways of knowing while appreciating the cultural memory institutions’ attempts to transfer the knowledges to the next generation.