'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)