Indigenous communities
This site brings together all our resources that can help you identify, access and use State archives that relate to Indigenous people.
What's on?
» In Living Memory - An exhibition of surviving photographs from the records of the NSW Aborigines Welfare Board, from 1919 to 1966.
The In Living Memory exhibition of photographs from the Aborigines Welfare Board, currently on display at State Records Gallery in The Rocks, has been so popular that it has been extended twice and a special travelling version has embarked on a 17 venue tour of New South Wales until October 2010.
NEWS: Cootamundra Girls farewell Albert Namatjira painting
Explore the archives
» Guide to NSW State archives relating to Aboriginal people - lists the many records in our collection which relate to Aboriginal people
» Archives in Brief
Our series of fact sheets provide a starting point for your research & include overviews of the more significant records in our collection
» Indexes
We have several indexes that can assist in researching records relating to Indigenous Australians
Use the archives
Policies & Protocols
Publications
» Vital Signs magazine - Special Indigenous issue with an exhibition catalogue, an interview with Indigenous photographer Merv Bishop, and more.
Links
» NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs - working to achieve social, economic and cultural independence
» Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme
» AIATSIS - Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies
» Archival resources relating to Indigenous Australians
» DAWN Magazine
- a magazine for the Aboriginal people of NSW
Careers in archives & records
» Pathways to your future and our past (PDF, 130kb) - from the Society of Australian Archivists
Contact
» Archivist, Aboriginal Liaison - kirsten.thorpe@records.nsw.gov.au
» Project Officer, Aboriginal Liaison - sue.newman@records.nsw.gov.au
* Artwork by Anne-Maree Webb, Bundjalung/Dhungutti, Water Dreaming 2002
