DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND ATLASES
Reference collection 994.0049915 H823e
Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia. 2 volumes. 1994
Useful introduction to a wide range of topics.
Volume
2 contains an extensive bibliography as well as chronologies, lists of
legislation, statistics etc.
also availalbe online via Austrlai new Zealand Reference centre
Reference collection 994.0049915 P9274a
Concise companion to Aboriginal history, Malcolm D. Prentis, 2008.
Reference collection 994.0049915 A7911m
Macquarie atlas of Indigenous Australia : culture and society through space and time, ed. Bill Arthur, 2004.
Reference collection 305.899915 K64o and
Main Collection 305.899915 K64o
The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture,ed. S.Kleinert,
2000
Reference collection 994 A9342
Australians: a historical library. 1987.
v.1. To 1788, v.4 1938, v.5 From 1939, v.6 Historical
Atlas, v.7. A guide to sources (Section IV Aborigines)
Reference collection 994 J95a .2
Jupp, J. The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its
people and their origins. 2nd ed, 2001
BIOGRAPHY
Reference collection 920 A937
Australian dictionary of biography. v.1- and Index to vols.
1-12.
Also
online
Reference collection 305.420994 R129t
Radi, H. 200 Australian women a redress anthology. 1988.
For aborigines see entry in index (p.236).
CHRONOLOGY
Reference collection 305.89915 W914c
Woolmer, G. A chronology of Aboriginal South Australia. 1986.
Timeline - history of forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families.
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
To find journal articles , you need to search in bibliographies or in
databases which index journals. Some valuable indexes and databases
for this course are listed here:
Australian Public Affairs, the Australian social sciences database
Australian
public affairs - full text: APA-FT.
Mura :
the on-line catalogue of AIATSIS, which indexes books, journal articles
and other types of materials
Australia New Zealand Reference Centre
This database covers current events, business and popular culture with access to the full-text of Australasian and international magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information. Some scholarly journals included. Includes the Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia online.
Bibliographies specific to South Australia
Reference collection 305.89915 C848r.5
Regional bibliography of the Aboriginals of South Australia 5th edition 1993
572.06 A62.2
Journal of the Anthropological Society of S.A. Volume 28 (1990) contains
a Bibliography of the Kaurna people by T. Gara.
Reference collection 994.004915 B863n
Newspaper index : references to Aborigines in Adelaide newspapers,
1836-1940.
NEWSPAPERS
Full text access to recent Australian and overseas newspapers
is available through Factiva.
Selected news, with an Australian emphasis, is covered by Australia New Zealand Reference Centre
Australian Newspapers from the National Library...beta test site.
As of 25 June 2009 there are 468,756 pages consisting of 4,502,852 articles available for fulltext searching.
A list of the titles and date ranges scanned is available from the Selected Newspapers page.........only a few years for each title at this stage.
Use with care - check coverage.
We hold a large number of South Australian and interstate newspapers on
microfilm.
Indexes are rare, but for this topic we are very fortunate to have:
Reference collection 994.004915/B863n
Newspaper index: references to Aborigines in Adelaide newspapers
1836-1940. 1989
MICROFICHE PER 237
Australian Aborigines in the news [microform] 1981-1992, and
index.
STATISTICS
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has a section dedicated to ABS & non-ABS
Indigenous Statistics
Some statistics are included at the end of Vol 2 of :
Reference collection 994.0049915 H823e
The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander history, society and culture
ed. D. Horton,, 2 vols. 1994 and don't forget vol.10 of Australians:
a historical library Reference collection 994 A9342
FINDING BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Catalogue searching - some general tips for topics in this course:
It's best to search using the Guided Keywords search option.
The subject term for indigenous Australians is
Aboriginal
Australians.
1. In guided keyword , enter these search terms in the
first search box:
aborigin? australia? (and to the right choose :
All of these)
2. In the second search box use one of the terms or phrases
as suggested below, according to your essay topic, again selecting Search
by: Any keywords.
government relations
government policy
politics and government
legal status
civil rights
social conditions
ethnic identity
treatment
race relations
cultural assimilation
assimilat?
land tenure
kinship
marriage customs and rites
history
Some other seach terms that are useful for several topics in this course
can be searched via Subject heading in Basic Search.
Australia - Race relations
Self-determination, National - Australia
Social Darwinism
Eugenics and Social Darwinism
It is important to remember that attitudes and policies towards
the indigenous people, up to the early 20th century, was based on eugenics and social Darwinism.
So, most of what was written up until then reflects that outlook, but will
not necessarily be found using the literal search term "eugenics" or "Darwinism".
You will get a useful by searching for some of the headings listed
above and then sorting your results by publication date. You
will be able to see from the titles the change in attitudes over time.
Stolen Generations
Search by Subject heading option
on the Guided Keyword Search screen
aborigin? australian? Children.
aborigin? australian? Removal.
aborigin? australian? Child welfare.
aborigin? australian ? Government policy.
WEBSITES
Australian Institute for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait islander Studies (AIATSIS)
and searching their on-line cataloge, Mura.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander social justice.
Indigenous portal from the Australian government
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Indigenous people
346.940432 G742m Multimedia collection
Mabo: the native title revolution
A CD linking
to a website where some of
the information is free to air.
History
of the indigenous vote, Australian Electoral Commission, 2002.
Stolen Generations Victoria - Resources.
National Library of Australia...."Where can I find information on the Stolen Generations?"
and FAQ's - Aboriginal Australia
Bringing them Home - The "Stolen children" report 1997 , from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Aboriginal Affairs and Reconcilliation Division
AARD is the South Australian Government's lead agency on Aboriginal affairs matters. Situated in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
South Australian Museum
Family history records and photographs are housed in the SA Museum's Archives.
Contact the
Aboriginal Family History Officer on 82077381 or 82077375
State Records of South Australia
Especially their Aboriginal services section
State Library, especially
their Indigenous
Services and Collections,
GROUND TRUTH
:a community resource guide to the human & environmental
history of South Australia,
which has an Aboriginal
history section
Click here for more www resources from the Aboriginal Studies resource guide.
PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS
Parliamentary debates (Hansard) record what was actually said in
Parliament, and as such are a rich source for historical research.
Parliamentary papers publish reports that are tabled in Parliament.
These can be individual reports on an issue or the annual reports of
state or commonwealth officials or departments .
There are indexes for each parliamentary session either at the beginning
or the end of the volumes and there are also separately published indexes
which are shelved in the Reference Collection.
Parliamentary
publications in the Barr Smith Library: a finding list will assist
you in finding these items.
Parliament of Australia website 
