This Quick Guide provides links to: a listing of Australian Government Indigenous affairs policie... more This Quick Guide provides links to: a listing of Australian Government Indigenous affairs policies and programs the Council of Australian Government (COAG) key agreements under ‘Closing the Gap’ key documents on the proposed Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples other recent high-profile reports and publications on Indigenous issues statistics and funding a map of ‘Aboriginal Australia’ directories of Indigenous organisations and businesses key organisations outside Government departments state, territory and local government websites and overseas websites.
Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join th... more Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join the digital world, gradually making more of their collections available online. In this month's EEI column, Jade reveals how museums and online collections inspired her to become an information professional.
Ever wanted to travel around the world? Well, the Wildlife of Gondwana exhibition certainly has! ... more Ever wanted to travel around the world? Well, the Wildlife of Gondwana exhibition certainly has! After 20 years of captivating and educating people about the many millions of years of Australia’s unique fauna and flora, this exhibition will find its final home in the Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAOD) Museum of Natural History in Winton, Queensland.
Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join th... more Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join the digital world, gradually making more of their collections available online. In this month’s EEI column, Jade reveals how museums and online collections inspired her to become an information professional.
This newbie and records management student volunteered at inForum because she wanted to learn abo... more This newbie and records management student volunteered at inForum because she wanted to learn about the people in the industry. Here's her report.
Frederick Lawson Whitlock rose from the role of bank manager in Leicestershire, England, to becom... more Frederick Lawson Whitlock rose from the role of bank manager in Leicestershire, England, to become the most renowned bird collector in Western Australia. He was the first to obtain the nests and eggs of many Australian species and in 1901, he discovered the last ‘new’ bird to be discovered in Western Australia, the Grey Honeyeater, Lacustroica whitei. Whitlock’s name is connected to many prominent people in the field of Ornithology, including H.L. White and G.M Matthews.
He was a typical John Bull Englishman, who stood on his own feet and was at times intolerant of l... more He was a typical John Bull Englishman, who stood on his own feet and was at times intolerant of lesser people… Always he was on a fresh adventure to discover the beauties of nature, intoxicating him with their marvellous design and purpose, the Mystery of the Great Power who directed it all, so filling him with a deep reverence and religion that was greater than orthodox needs’ (Young, 1967).
Anyone who can cast his or her mind back to the campout held at Byfield, Central Queensland in 19... more Anyone who can cast his or her mind back to the campout held at Byfield, Central Queensland in 1924, will recall that the veteran birdman, acting on request, threw off his boots and socks and, aided by a tomahawk, climbed sturdy trees without difficulty' (Chisholm, 1967)
My interest started at the age of seven when I found an amethyst in a quartz pebble. I always had... more My interest started at the age of seven when I found an amethyst in a quartz pebble. I always had my eye on the ground. That's how it started’ (Ralph and Herta Uhlherr, 2015, Interview)
‘I'm not as obsessive a collector of tektites as he is, sometimes I just roll my eyes, but one su... more ‘I'm not as obsessive a collector of tektites as he is, sometimes I just roll my eyes, but one supports one's partner. So I looked after the kids, and I would carry the pack so that he was unhindered in bending down and picking stuff up, and not falling over the edge of the cliff’ (Herta Uhlherr, 2015, Interview)
This Quick Guide provides links to: a listing of Australian Government Indigenous affairs policie... more This Quick Guide provides links to: a listing of Australian Government Indigenous affairs policies and programs the Council of Australian Government (COAG) key agreements under ‘Closing the Gap’ key documents on the proposed Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples other recent high-profile reports and publications on Indigenous issues statistics and funding a map of ‘Aboriginal Australia’ directories of Indigenous organisations and businesses key organisations outside Government departments state, territory and local government websites and overseas websites.
Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join th... more Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join the digital world, gradually making more of their collections available online. In this month's EEI column, Jade reveals how museums and online collections inspired her to become an information professional.
Ever wanted to travel around the world? Well, the Wildlife of Gondwana exhibition certainly has! ... more Ever wanted to travel around the world? Well, the Wildlife of Gondwana exhibition certainly has! After 20 years of captivating and educating people about the many millions of years of Australia’s unique fauna and flora, this exhibition will find its final home in the Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAOD) Museum of Natural History in Winton, Queensland.
Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join th... more Growing up, Jade Koekoe loved going to the museum. Over the years she has watched museums join the digital world, gradually making more of their collections available online. In this month’s EEI column, Jade reveals how museums and online collections inspired her to become an information professional.
This newbie and records management student volunteered at inForum because she wanted to learn abo... more This newbie and records management student volunteered at inForum because she wanted to learn about the people in the industry. Here's her report.
Frederick Lawson Whitlock rose from the role of bank manager in Leicestershire, England, to becom... more Frederick Lawson Whitlock rose from the role of bank manager in Leicestershire, England, to become the most renowned bird collector in Western Australia. He was the first to obtain the nests and eggs of many Australian species and in 1901, he discovered the last ‘new’ bird to be discovered in Western Australia, the Grey Honeyeater, Lacustroica whitei. Whitlock’s name is connected to many prominent people in the field of Ornithology, including H.L. White and G.M Matthews.
He was a typical John Bull Englishman, who stood on his own feet and was at times intolerant of l... more He was a typical John Bull Englishman, who stood on his own feet and was at times intolerant of lesser people… Always he was on a fresh adventure to discover the beauties of nature, intoxicating him with their marvellous design and purpose, the Mystery of the Great Power who directed it all, so filling him with a deep reverence and religion that was greater than orthodox needs’ (Young, 1967).
Anyone who can cast his or her mind back to the campout held at Byfield, Central Queensland in 19... more Anyone who can cast his or her mind back to the campout held at Byfield, Central Queensland in 1924, will recall that the veteran birdman, acting on request, threw off his boots and socks and, aided by a tomahawk, climbed sturdy trees without difficulty' (Chisholm, 1967)
My interest started at the age of seven when I found an amethyst in a quartz pebble. I always had... more My interest started at the age of seven when I found an amethyst in a quartz pebble. I always had my eye on the ground. That's how it started’ (Ralph and Herta Uhlherr, 2015, Interview)
‘I'm not as obsessive a collector of tektites as he is, sometimes I just roll my eyes, but one su... more ‘I'm not as obsessive a collector of tektites as he is, sometimes I just roll my eyes, but one supports one's partner. So I looked after the kids, and I would carry the pack so that he was unhindered in bending down and picking stuff up, and not falling over the edge of the cliff’ (Herta Uhlherr, 2015, Interview)
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