Koori Mail digitised

Posted At : May 9, 2011 5:49 PM | Posted By : Admin
Related Categories: Aboriginal Stories,Koori Mail

Great news for people researching Indigenous issues, The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has digitised the back archive of the 'Koori Mail'.

http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/koorimail/

The Koori Mail, established in 1991 was Australia's first wholly Indigenous owned fortnightly newspaper. AIATSIS has digitised more than 35,000 pages spanning the last 20 years and 500 editions of the paper.

The Koori Mail's first edition was just 24 pages, all black and white (except for the masthead), and read by about 25,000 people. Today, the newspaper averages close to 100 pages, is alive with colour, and reaches more than 100,000 readers right around Australia every fortnight.

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Documenting our history: telling the stories with our elders

Posted At : June 17, 2009 4:53 PM | Posted By : Admin
Related Categories: Aboriginal Stories

Are you interested in family history or doing community research? Tranby Aboriginal College in conjunction with the History Council of NSW and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is hosting a full day workshop on Aboriginal historical research during NAIDOC Week 2009. The workshop will showcase Aboriginal led research that seeks to document and reclaim Aboriginal stories and knowledge of the past. Listen to prominent Aboriginal historians John Maynard, Heidi Norman, Suzanne Ingram and Shino Konishi talk about their work. Join a series of 'hands-on' workshops for the Aboriginal community on accessing archives contained in Australia's leading institutions: AIATSIS, the State Library of NSW, State Records NSW and the Australian War Memorial. Learn about opportunities for funding for Indigenous history projects.

When: Thursday 9 July 2009, 9am - 4pm Where: Tranby Aboriginal College, 13 Mansfield Street, Glebe Cost: Gold Coin Donation. Lunch will be provided Further information: Annaliesse Monaro on 02 9660 3444 or a.monaro@tranby.edu.au

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