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'The articles in this special issue of the La Trobe Journal cover both historical and contemporary subjects including, Aboriginal cricket at Coranderrk, eel fishing at Lake Condah, the revival of the making of possum skin cloaks, and the successful fight to save Lake Tyers.' Source: The La Trobe Journal no.85, May 2010
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'THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES the relationship between George Augustus Robinson, the Chief Protector of the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, and Charles Joseph La Trobe, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. What sets it apart from previous studies of this relationship and general studies of the protectorate is that it is grounded in Robinson's personal journal, which remained largely unpublished at the time of these studies. Alan Gross, in his 1956 biography, commented on La Trobe's attitude to the Protectorate and to Robinson. He noted that after three years into the Protectorate, La Trobe was dissatisfied: 'He had told Robinson he [La Trobe] would forward certain documents to His Excellency without expressing his opinion that, after nearly three years trial, there was but little appearance of order and general system observable in the conduct of his department, and that seems to have been his attitude throughout'. Yet, Gross considers La Trobe's comment in 1848 that 'I have hitherto in vain looked to the Chief Protector's department for assistance in establishing serene and friendly relations with the aborigines' as evidence that he had 'got over any disappointment' he may have harboured.' (Introduction)
Brewers 'memoirs demonstratre a number of pertinent themes that enlarge and revise previous understandings of fronier relations and, the genre of the pioneer narrative. Historians have concluded that friendships between settler and Indigenous women were rare...Minnie Brewer's memoirs provide a unique insight into the relationships between white and Aboriginal women in colonial NSW...Minnie's recollections caution us to hesitate drawing conclusions on women's cross-cultural relationships...' Source: La Trobe Journal no. 85, May 2010
'Indigenous Victorians: Repressed, resourceful and respected is the 85th edition of the La Trobe Journal and was launched to coincide with the lead up to National Reconciliation Week, 2010. This special edition draws from the collections of the State Library of Victoria and various collections from around Australia to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the lives and aspirations of the Indigenous people of Victoria and their interface with colonial Australians from first contact to the present.' (Introduction)
'Indigenous Victorians: Repressed, resourceful and respected is the 85th edition of the La Trobe Journal and was launched to coincide with the lead up to National Reconciliation Week, 2010. This special edition draws from the collections of the State Library of Victoria and various collections from around Australia to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the lives and aspirations of the Indigenous people of Victoria and their interface with colonial Australians from first contact to the present.' (Introduction)
