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Dawn and New Dawn 1952-1975 A magazine for the Aboriginal people of New South Wales AIATSIS, Aboriginal Welfare Board Dawn and New Dawn were magazines published between 1952–1975 by the New South Wales Aborigines Welfare Board, with the aim of providing interesting information and an exchange of news and views. The Dawn and New Dawn also served as a way for people to keep in contact. Today the magazines are a valuable source of family history information as they include details of births, deaths, marriages and baptisms, as well as hundreds of photographs. The Dawn and New Dawn magazines also contain articles about the conditions and activities on reserves, stations, homes and schools throughout New South Wales. During its time of publication the magazines were also used to highlight the work of the Aboriginal Welfare Board. The Dawn Magazines have been completely digitised by the AIATSIS Library and made available with the kind permission of the N.S.W Department of Aboriginal Affairs. The CD/DVD-ROM is available for PC or MAC. The files are presented in pdf format and the full text of all the magazines may be search via name, place and event. Self-loading, an interactive tutorial is available on disk. You can view the online exhibition of the Dawn and New Dawn magazine on the AIATSIS Library website by clicking the link below. |
