First Nations
Expansion
Convicts played a crucial role in the new colony’s rapid spread, which dispossessed and displaced Australia’s First Peoples, and indelibly altered their lands
First Nations
Massacre at Appin, 17 April 1816
On the early morning of 17 April 1816 at least 14 people of the Dharawal tribe were killed when James Wallis’ detachment encountered a camp at Appin near the banks of the Cataract River
On This Day
Report of the Myall Creek Massacre
This important document is one of the first official reports to the authorities of the atrocity in June 1838 that later became known as the Myall Creek Massacre, in which 28 Aboriginal people were killed
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‘Gii, Gundhi (Hearts and Homes)’
A single song can have a thousand meanings depending on its interpreter. Yuwaalaraay storyteller and musician Nardi Simpson shares her version of a 19th-century parlour song
First Nations
The convict impact on Aboriginal people
Impacts of the convict system on Aboriginal Country and communities
Transubstantiation by Danie Mellor
Transubstantiation explores the means by which the intended and purposeful use of land was changed during Australia’s early colonial history
Plant your history
Virtual learning in the gardens of Elizabeth Farm
Every year the gardens & grounds of Elizabeth Farm provide visiting school students the opportunity to reflect on the past & present relationships between people and the Australian landscape
Records of 19th Century blanket lists and returns of Aboriginal people
The 19th century ‘blanket returns’ are lists of Aboriginal people who received blankets from the Colonial authorities. The records are broadly arranged by locality