First Nations
NRS-3931 (part) Aboriginal school records, 1876–1979
A list of school records for those Aboriginal schools administered by the Department of Education and Training. Records include admissions, examination, observation & punishment books, visitors & stock book, staff meeting records
NRS-3829 (part) List of Aboriginal school files, 1876–1979
An alphabetical listing of Aboriginal schools that operated in NSW. Records include applications for the establishment of schools, the school's progress, teachers, and proposed schools
Aboriginal resources: an overview of records
A brief overview of the State archives that document the NSW government's interaction with Aboriginal people from 1788 until today
Aboriginal resources: a guide to NSW State archives
A listing and description of records in our collection which relate to Aboriginal people
First Nations
Maria Lock’s 1831 petition
This extraordinary document is of great interest historically – and, as Dr Penny Stannard discovered, it also contains a moving connection to her own family that continues to resonate down the generations
Muru Mittigar
Our focus on the Aboriginal story of the greater Sydney region is evident in the partnership that has developed with Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural and Education Centre
Convict Sydney
Myall Creek massacre
On Sunday 10 June 1838, at least 28 Aboriginal people were massacred by a group of 12 Europeans at Myall Creek Station
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