Constructing an empire; the use of maps in the dispossession and repossession of indigenous culture, 1997

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Containers:
Box 2 (MS Acc09.153)
Component identifier:
File 31

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
This collection includes genealogical and family history information about Ngunnawal and Ngambri people in the region incorporating modern-day Canberra, Yass, Booroowa, Goulburn and Tumut. Much of this information dates from the mid-nineteenth century, and is drawn from colonial sources such as Parish Registers of Births Deaths and Marriages, the NSW Register of Births Deaths and Marriages, local histories, and historical society journals. Ann Jackson-Nakano drew on first-hand accounts from local Aboriginal people for some items in this collection, such as her MA thesis and projects with the Yass community. Many of the file titles used by Ann Jackson-Nakano refer to family affinity with Ngunnawal or Ngambri communities; she also formed a view over the period of her research about which group is the Traditional Owners of the Canberra region. The NLA description of these parts of the collection – MS 9154, MS Acc08.116, MS Acc08.145, MS Acc09.153 – focuses on families rather than affinity with any specific Indigenous community. Access to this collection was reviewed and interim conditions assigned in October and November 2023. Ann Jackson-Nakano was concerned to protect her work from misuse but also made all relevant information available to the right people, e.g., those seeking to find family or trace their Aboriginal connection. This, in balance with implementation of the NLA's ICIP Protocol, has informed the approach to assigning interim access conditions. Consultation with people mentioned in the records will confirm the collection's access conditions and the representation of families in the collection, for example, in file titles. Until consultation has occurred, original file titles which identify individuals or families have been replaced by interim file titles, enclosed in square brackets, which indicate the locations in which families were recorded, e.g. [Genealogical information about an Aboriginal man from Tumut]. The names of families and, occasionally, of individuals, are recorded in NLA internal collection information systems. Staff are able to check this information when assisting users to find potentially useful files. Families may be comfortable with restitution of original titles; this will be confirmed at consultation.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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