Kirsten and Cassie recently published an article in the Los Angeles Archivists Collective magazine about our experiences while working with the New South Wales Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme from 2005–2011. The article Aboriginal Histories in Australian Government Archives: Working with Records of Trauma shares experiences of our past work in using records for reparations and social justice. The article is published in the LA Archivists Collective online magazine called Acid Free on the theme ‘Roots’ (Issue 10).
To accompany the text we selected images mostly from Dawn Magazine to illustrate the workings of the Aborigines Protection Board and Welfare Boards in NSW. The design elements featured including type treatment were developed by the LA Archivists Collective team. The header photo is the Colonial Secretary’s building, Bridge Street, Sydney, the head office of the Aborigines Protection Board and Aboriginal Welfare Board.
The full article can be found here: https://www.laacollective.org/work/aboriginal-histories-in-australia-government-archives/
Hello my name is EDEN Esther Davis nee McDonald and I want to know if my grandmother and great grand mothers name is on the trust fund list , how do i go about this .
Dear Eden, the NSW State Archives can help you access the list, here are the contact details here: https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/ask-an-archivist – The Trust Fund list is attached to the report NRS-1063 – Aborigines Protection: Report of the Public Service Board. Regards, Kirsten