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Australian Aborigines

By the officer who brought home the dispatches from Botany Bay [24 February 1791]

13 August 2022 · 2 Comments

[Editor: This brief untitled news item, about some well-behaved convicts, and an Aboriginal girl raised in Sydney, is an extract from the “London” section published in the The London Chronicle (London, England), 24 February 1791.] [By the officer who brought home the … [Read more...] about By the officer who brought home the dispatches from Botany Bay [24 February 1791]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australian Aborigines, British periodicals 18th Century, convicts, diseases, national origin British, smallpox, SourceAustralianNationalMaritimeMuseum, year1791

Monday, July 3, 1865 [news items, 3 July 1865]

28 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These untitled news items, extracts from a general news section, were published in The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 3 July 1865. These include reports regarding commemorations of Victoria’s separation from NSW, introduced species, crime reports, manufacturing, squatters and … [Read more...] about Monday, July 3, 1865 [news items, 3 July 1865]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, crime law and punishment, dummying, extracts, introduced species, manufacturing, separation of Victoria from NSW, SourceTrove, squatters, theatre review, tragedies, volunteer military, weather, workplace accidents, year1865

A vignette of Port Phillip [by “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy), September 1906

6 June 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This short story by “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy) was published in Steele Rudd’s Magazine (Brisbane, Qld.), September 1906.] A vignette of Port Phillip. (For Steele Rudd’s Magazine.) If the heaven of the hedonist be found (as some think) in idyllic conditions … [Read more...] about A vignette of Port Phillip [by “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy), September 1906

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, Joseph Furphy (1843-1912) (author), short story, SourceJASAL, Tom Collins, year1906

The real Australian tongue [by P. I. O’Leary, 11 August 1938]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about the languages of the Australian Aborigines, by P. I. O’Leary, was published in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 August 1938.] The real Australian tongue Too true it is, alas, that the Australian Aborigines are becoming fewer and fewer. Will … [Read more...] about The real Australian tongue [by P. I. O’Leary, 11 August 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aboriginal words, Australian Aborigines, Patrick Ignatius O'Leary (1888-1944) (author), SourceTrove, year1938

The Cobra-Bal, or Bald Pated Blacks [10 July 1858]

6 November 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A “tongue in cheek” article about a newly-discovered tribe of Aborigines, who were said to have goldfields nearby. Published in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (Sydney, NSW), 10 July 1858. See the related article, “New race of Aboriginals: Gold … [Read more...] about The Cobra-Bal, or Bald Pated Blacks [10 July 1858]

Filed Under: jokes and humour Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, gold discovery, humorous, SourceTrove, year1858

New race of Aboriginals: Gold discovery [10 July 1858]

6 November 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article published in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, 10 July 1858. See the related light-hearted article, “The Cobra-Bal, or Bald Pated Blacks”.] New race of Aboriginals. — Gold discovery. — Some time since a paragraph appeared in the Empire … [Read more...] about New race of Aboriginals: Gold discovery [10 July 1858]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1858

Black Trackers [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]

17 April 2014 · 2 Comments

[Editor: This is an entry from The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (1925).] Black Trackers, aboriginals attached to the police force in several Australian States, who are employed chiefly in tracking criminals and lost persons in outlying districts. The earliest known … [Read more...] about Black Trackers [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, Australian Encyclopaedia, SourceIACLibrary, year1925

New Colony [October 1787]

21 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, about New Holland (Australia), was published in The New London Magazine (London, England), October 1787. In its conclusion it mentions the intention to establish a colony at Botany Bay (New South Wales).] New Colony. A description of New Holland, … [Read more...] about New Colony [October 1787]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australia description, Australian Aborigines, Botany Bay (NSW), SourceGoogleBooks, year1787

Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 24 March 1935.] The story of Australia — XXXIX Settlement of Tasmania Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks Colonel David Collins, the first Governor of Tasmania, … [Read more...] about Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, bushrangers, convicts, George Arthur, Martin Hambleton (1869-1938) (author), SourceTrove, Tasmania, The story of Australia (by Martin Hambleton), Thomas Davey, William Sorell, year1935

Among the Aborigines: A Perth lady’s visit: Mrs. Daisy Bates eulogised [11 September 1921]

10 September 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article on the work of Daisy Bates. Published in The Sunday Times, 11 September 1921.] Among the Aborigines A Perth lady’s visit Mrs. Daisy Bates eulogised By Miss C. L. Ruxton. [Recently Miss C. L. Ruxton, of Government House, Perth, paid a visit to … [Read more...] about Among the Aborigines: A Perth lady’s visit: Mrs. Daisy Bates eulogised [11 September 1921]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aborigines as a dying race, Australian Aborigines, Daisy Bates (1859-1951) (subject), SourceTrove, year1921

Liquor for half-castes [7 August 1936]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

Liquor for half-castes. Concern at Exemption Ordinance Adelaide, Aug. 6.— A recent ordinance of the Federal Government allowing certain half-caste aborigines in Northern Australia to purchase intoxicating liquor was discussed today at a meeting of the Aborigines’ Friends’ … [Read more...] about Liquor for half-castes [7 August 1936]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1936

Breeding out of half-castes: Doctor’s plea [24 March 1934]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

Breeding out of half-castes Doctor’s plea Perth, March 23. In evidence given before the Royal Commissioner on Aborigines (Mr. H. D. Moseley) to-day, Dr. Cyril Bryan urged the scientific breeding-out of black blood from half-castes by marrying them to people with a … [Read more...] about Breeding out of half-castes: Doctor’s plea [24 March 1934]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1934

Aboriginal songs and words [16 May 1896]

12 May 2012 · 2 Comments

[Editor: A letter published in the The Australian Town and Country Journal which included two Aboriginal songs; these songs were also published in Banjo Paterson’s collection, The Old Bush Songs (1905).] Aboriginal songs and words (By S. M. Mowle.) I am in accord with … [Read more...] about Aboriginal songs and words [16 May 1896]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Aboriginal songs, Aboriginal words, Australian Aborigines, song, SourceTrove, variation of Paterson's Bush Songs, year1896

Australian Aborigines

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[The report of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines] [11 January 1888] This article is an example of the thinking of the time that the Australian Aborigines were a dying race, saying that “the aboriginal race is doomed, and is fated to disappear entirely within a few … [Read more...] about Australian Aborigines

Filed Under: topics Tagged With: Australian Aborigines

The Black Australians [26 March 1925]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Article reports on the proposal for a separate Aboriginal state in Australia.] The Black Australians New State movements appear to be popular just at present. A Royal Commission has just spent about nine months and a good many thousand pounds of the taxpayers’ … [Read more...] about The Black Australians [26 March 1925]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, proposed Aboriginal state, SourceTrove, year1925

Aborigines. Defended by Bishop [7 October 1933]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Article calls for efforts to protect Aborigines against Japanese fishermen.] Aborigines Defended by bishop. “Aggressive in self-defence.” Brisbane, Friday. The Bishop of Carpentaria (Dr. S. Davies), who reached Brisbane by the Taiping to-day, said that … [Read more...] about Aborigines. Defended by Bishop [7 October 1933]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1933

An Aboriginal state [15 April 1926]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This letter is from the “Notes & queries” column of the The Register.] An Aboriginal state From T. P. Bellchambers:— With regard to a black State for the aborigines, we were given to understand that there would be no attempt made to intermingle strange tribes, but … [Read more...] about An Aboriginal state [15 April 1926]

Filed Under: letters to the editor Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, proposed Aboriginal state, SourceTrove, year1926

Dying out: The Aborigines [14 March 1925]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Article mentions the proposal for a separate Aboriginal state in Australia. Provides an example of the thinking of the time that the Australian Aborigines were “dying out”.] Dying out. The Aborigines. Adelaide, March 13. The rate at which aborigines are … [Read more...] about Dying out: The Aborigines [14 March 1925]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, proposed Aboriginal state, SourceTrove, year1925

Mr. Campbell and the blacks [7 October 1910]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Donald Campbell, Member of the South Australian parliament, was a defender of the rights of the Australian Aborigines. The second last paragraph of this article indicates that some Aborigines were voting in South Australian elections at that time. Published in The … [Read more...] about Mr. Campbell and the blacks [7 October 1910]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aborigines and voting, Australian Aborigines, Donald Campbell (1866-1945) (subject), SourceTrove, year1910

[The report of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines] [11 January 1888]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled article provides an example of the thinking of the time that the Australian Aborigines were a dying race, saying that “the aboriginal race is doomed, and is fated to disappear entirely within a few years”. Published in The Age, 11 January 1888.] [The … [Read more...] about [The report of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines] [11 January 1888]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aborigines as a dying race, Australian Aborigines, SourceGoogleNews, year1888

Two Aboriginal Songs [1905]

7 April 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These songs were published in The Old Bush Songs (1905), edited by Banjo Paterson. They were previously published in an article, “Aboriginal songs and words”, in the The Australian Town and Country Journal, 16 May 1896.] Two Aboriginal songs I Korindabria-ah, … [Read more...] about Two Aboriginal Songs [1905]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Aboriginal songs, Australian Aborigines, song, SourceArchiveOrg, The Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1905), year1896, year1905

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