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History
The Rona Tranby Award and Collection is supported by The awards are given for the recording and preservation of Indigenous Australian oral history. $10,000 is given and applicants are assessed on their merits by the Trustees of the Rona Tranby Trust.
Notes
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'The Rona Tranby Trust was established as a result of a bequest from Thomas Paul Rona who died tragically, with his wife Eva in a car accident in September 1987. In his will, the late Mr Rona directed that a specific proportion of his Estate be held for the benefit of Tranby College or the Aboriginal Legal Service according to the discretion of the Trustees of the Estate. The bequest enabled the trustees to establish The Rona Tranby Award and Collection: a collaboration between Tranby College and the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies to support the recording and preservation of Aboriginal oral history.' Source: http://www.aussing.com.au/rona_tranby_background.htm (Sighted 14/06/2007).
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2019
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Year: 2012
recipient Yidumduma Bill HarneyThe Rona Tranby Award was used to fund fieldwork with Yidumduma and the processing of this vast cultural archive into a website.
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Year: 2008
winner y
Once upon a Long Ago : My Life in the Bush and the City
Once Upon a Long Ago: Stories of My Working Life
Julie Cracknell
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Newtown
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Cracknell & Lonergan Architects Pty Ltd
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2014
8101130
2014
single work
biography
'Stories told by Albert Williams about his working life on various stations and sheering sheds in outback NSW and later at Tranby Aboriginal College in Glebe, where he eventually served on the Board of Directors. Albert Williams was born in 1933 in Brewarrina and grew up in Bourke. His father was a WWII veteran and grandfather a police tracker. Albert's family history describes the importance of Gundabooka Mountain in Ngemba country. The book includes a collection of Albert's poems and paintings, and is dedicated to his grandparents.' (Source: Google Books website)
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Year: 2007
winner y
My People's Dreaming : An Aboriginal Elder Speaks on Life, Land, Spirit and Forgiveness
Sydney
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Finch
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2009
Z1648413
2009
single work
life story
(taught in 3 units)
'The teachings I reveal in this book are the living treasures of my life. The traditional knowledge I talk about includes Creation Dreaming, bush lore, foods and healing, laws and punishment, spirituality and relationship to the land. These are some of the things taught to me by my teachers, my masters. And I will never forget them. They made me look at the Mother with ancient eyes. Not mine. But with ancient eyes and now it is my turn to pass on what I know.' Source: My People's Dreaming: An Aboriginal Elder Speaks on Life, Land, Spirit and Forgiveness (2009)
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Year: 2006
winner Beryl Philp-Carmichael 'This award will enable Aunty Beryl Carmichael to collaborate with the writer and teacher Jennie Kerr in completing the oral history recordings of her life story. She is planning to produce a book based on these recordings, "The Footsteps of a Ngiyeempaa Elder".'
Works About this Award
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Aunty Beryl to Share Her Story Through Award 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 28 March no. 397 2007; (p. 28)
