On 28 November 2007, Victorian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Richard
Wynne announced the 13 recipients of the wilam naling Small Grants
Scheme which were awarded to the following successful applicants:
Western Suburbs Indigenous Gathering
Place:
Aboriginality in the West
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Identify, collect, transcribe
and catalogue records on Aboriginal Australian history in the western
metropolitan region of Melbourne. |
Koorie Resources & Information
Centre (KRIC):
KRIC archiving project
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Index and file records within their
collection that span an 18-year history of Aboriginal community development
work. The filing system will eventually enable the community to access
these records. |
Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-op:
Wathaurong family picture history
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Collate family and community photos,
cataloguing and digitising material, enabling families to access material
and preserve family/community history. |
Casterton & District Historical
Society:
Development of Aboriginal Archives within the museum
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Develop an Aboriginal archive section
within their museum to improve awareness and access to the records
within their collection. |
Tati Tati Aboriginal Co-op:
Tati Ancestry
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Research Tati ancestry and history,
identifying tribes and providing communities with access to the compiled
history at their cultural centre. |
Kooramyee Cooper / Reconciliation
Victoria:
Indigenous Family History through Kinship
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Utilise a collection of government
records and indigenous community knowledge to create a database of
indigenous genealogies that will help reconnect families and help
individuals/communities understand the complex kinship system. |
Wentworth Historical Society:
Identifying Aboriginal records held within Wentworth shire
library and historical society
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Design and print brochure that will
identify Aboriginal resources available within the Wentworth Historical
Society and Wentworth Shire library collection. The brochure will
be distributed throughout schools, libraries, genealogical/historical
societies and Aboriginal organisations. |
Mildura Aboriginal Co-op BTH Program:
Indigenous community library (Tracing Your
Family History)
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Purchase of equipment to be used in
the library to collect life experiences from regional tribes in our
catchment area. Information being collected would include oral history
from elders of the tribal area, photographs of families, and recording
of family stories in both electronic and handwritten form to create
an overall story that will be kept in the local history section of
the Mildura Aboriginal Co-op’s library. |
Mildura & District Genealogical
Society Inc:
Koorie Records Identification project
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Purchasing a computer and cataloguing
software to identify Koorie records held within Mildura and District
society’s collection. Once located/highlighted the records can
be utilised to build a picture of Koorie family history in the Sunraysia
area. |
Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust:
Bung Yarnda
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This project will identify the pictorial
history of Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust from its origins as a mission
station in the mid 1800s. Once completed community and students will
be able to utilise the collection for personal or local history. |
Kirrae Health Service Inc:
Making Framlingham history accessible
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Currently the history of Framlingham
is housed in various boxes spread over a number of buildings. This
project will catalogue and archive this important history enabling
community members to access this rich resource of material. This project
will also allow outside people/organisations having access on a case
by case basis. |
Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-op:
Digitisation of photographs, images & documents
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This project will protect and file
all memorabilia that has been accumulated through our services. We
also want to record visual history of events, milestones and history
within the Rumbalara community. This will help to capture history
and preserve it for future generations, which will greatly benefit
schools, historical societies and local community members interested
in learning about local Aboriginal history. |
| Libby Clarke:
Preserving Koorie Culture
Supported by Koorie Heritage Trust
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The project will preserve 18 years
of family history research, including a collection of over 3,000 photographs
of Koorie families and a collection of family trees specific to the
western district. Copies of the material will assist the Koorie Family
History Service and Native Title Unit in their research. |
