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The AIATSIS Online Collections consist of items from our published print collections which have been digitised and archived to provide online access to our clients.
These pages may serve as research or study guides for students and others with an interest in Indigenous Australia. Reading lists are other resources are provided for further research. They are arranged by subject area. Click on the thumbnail images to enter.
Family history | Stolen Generations | NAIDOC | Fighting for rights | History | Languages | Community newsletters | Indigenous studies
Family History
Collections assisting family history research
The Koori Mail Collection Online
Australia's oldest Indigenous newspaper
Dawn and New Dawn
Magazines published between 1952-1975 by the New South Wales Aborigines Welfare Board
Diana Mudgee
Woman, mother, land owner, survivor
Indigenous Australians at War
by Garth O'Connell, this site provides information on Australia's Indigenous servicemen and women, past and present.
Stolen Generations
Collections relating to laws allowing removal of children from families, and the consequences
To Remove and Protect
Legislations that enabled the forced removal of Aboriginal Children. Annual reports of all state and territory 'Protection Boards' and subsequent government agencies.
We say Sorry
The National Apology: This collection brings together videos, photos, music and documentss about the National Apology, 13th February 2008, into one resource.
Sorry Books
Digitised from the original Sorry books held at AIATSIS Library, a selection of messages written by Australians from all walks of life, to the Stolen Generations.
NAIDOC
NAIDOC posters
NAIDOC posters
An Online Exhibition, featuring posters from 1972 to 2011
Fighting for Rights
Collections on significant events in the fight for Indigenous rights
Day of Mourning and Protest
70th Anniversary: Marks the 26th January as the day when, 70 years ago, Aboriginal civil-rights protestors met at Australian Hall, Sydney to draw attention to their plight.
Yes! – The 1967 Referendum
Newspapers, reports campaign material and background information relating to the 1967 Referendum.
The Freedom Ride
Selections from the collection featuring the Diary of Ann Curthoys.
Treaty:
An overview of the history of the debates about a Treaty.
History
Collections of significant documents in Australian history
AIATSIS Library Rare Books
Selections from the AIATSIS library's collection
Coming soon Government Inquiries (being digitised)Languages
Collectors of Words
Indigenous word lists compiled by Robert Brough Smyth and Edward Micklethwaite Curr
Community Newsletters
Community produced newsletters
Maningrida Mirage
Currently presenting Maningrida Mirage spanning from 1969 to 1974.
Indigenous Studies
Collections from researchers in Indigenous Australian studies
Musical Connections
The life and work of Alice Marshall Moyle
Wentworth Lectures
Presenting the papers from the Wentworth Lectures since 1978.
Ethnomathematics in Australia
Featuring selected material relating to Ethnomathematics
Alyawarra Ethnographic Archive
by Woodrow W. Denham
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