Black Trackers: Labour Contributions of Aboriginal People in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, 1804–54

Objective: To determine the levels and predictors of psychological distress within a Latin American community in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Method: Participants (n=184) were interviewed in their homes by a bilingual interviewer using a specially prepared questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Results: Of the 13 independent variables examined, two demographic and two immigrant-related variables were significantly associated with an above-threshold score: marital status, employment status, perceived discrimination, and dissatisfaction with life in Australia. Conclusions: Compared to results from other community surveys, the levels of psychological distress within this Latin American community appear to be relatively high.

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Prehistoric aboriginal occupation of the rangelands: Interpreting the surface archaeological record of far western New South Wales, Australia.

The Rangeland Journal ◽

10.1071/rj0000044 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

SJ Holdaway ◽

PC Fanning ◽

DC Witter

Keyword(s):

Arid Regions ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Landscape Archaeology ◽

South Wales ◽

Large Numbers ◽

Different Parts ◽

Stone Artefact

Recent erosion in arid regions of western NSW has exposed large areas that are scattered with stone artefacts manufactured by Aboriginal people in prehistory. These exposures offer an opportunity for archaeologists to study the artefacts abandoned by Aboriginal people through time and to compare those artefacts that accumulate in different parts of the landscape. To reconstruct the nature of prehistoric behaviour in the rangelands, two approaches are needed. First, the geomorphological context of the artefacts needs to be considered since exposure of the artefacts is a function of landscape history. Second, large areas (measured in thousands of square metres) and large numbers of artefacts need to be considered if patterns reflecting long-term abandonment behaviour by Aboriginal people are to be identified. This paper reports on the Western New South Wales Archaeological Program (WNSWAP) which was initiated in 1995 to study surface archaeology in the rangelands. Geomorphological studies are combined with artefact analysis using geographic information system software to investigate Aboriginal stone artefact scatters and associated features such as heat retainer hearths, in a landscape context. Results suggest that apparently random scatters of stone artefacts are in fact patterned in ways which inform on prehistoric Aboriginal settlement of the rangelands. Key words: Aboriginal stone artefacts; rangelands; landscape archaeology; geomorphology; GIs

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Open-cut coal mining in Australia's Hunter Valley: Sustainability and the industry's economic, ecological and social implications

International Journal of Rural Law and Policy ◽

10.5130/ijrlp.i1.2014.3844 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Drew Cottle ◽

Angela Keys

Keyword(s):

Coal Mining ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Mining Industry ◽

Social Implications ◽

Coal Mining Industry ◽

South Wales ◽

Hunter Region ◽

Critical Social

This article questions the sustainability of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley region of Australia. The issue of sustainability is examined in relation to the economic, ecological and social implications of the Hunter Valley’s open-cut coal mining industry. The article demonstrates that critical social and ecological ramifications have been overshadowed by the open-cut coal mining industry’s importance to the economy of the Hunter region and of New South Wales.

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Warriewood

Sydney Journal ◽

10.5130/sj.v2i2.1505 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 66-67

Author(s):

Virginia Macleod

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Local Government ◽

Fresh Water ◽

East Coast ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Early Nineteenth Century ◽

Southern Boundary ◽

South Wales

Warriewood is on Sydney's northern beaches, between Mona Vale and North Narrabeen, in the Pittwater local government area.This was once a 'wet' part of the coast. Lagoons and swamps were typical of the northern beaches and east coast of New South Wales. Narrabeen Creek flows through the middle of Warriewood, and Mullet Creek marks its southern boundary. Early nineteenth-century maps mark most of the land between the south-east corner of Pittwater across to Mona Vale Beach and south, including Warriewood Valley, as swamp. The local Guringai Aboriginal people would have found these swamps rich in food supplies – fish, birds, plants and naturally fresh water.

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The Education of Aboriginal Children in New South Wales Public Schools Since 1788: Part 2

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education ◽

10.1017/s0310582200010063 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. 20-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J.W. Harris

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Public School ◽

Public Service ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Department Of Education ◽

South Wales ◽

Aboriginal Children

It is uncertain when the last exclusion of children from a public school, merely for having some Aboriginal ancestry, actually occurred. In 1937, the Commonwealth and States’ conference on Aboriginal matters recommended assimilation as a general policy rather than protection, particularly with regard to the detribalized, part-caste Aboriginal people. In 1938, the New South Wales Public Service Board in its report on the Aborigines Protection Board, recommended the policy of assimilation be implemented in schools. In 1940, the Aborigines Protection Act was amended. The Aborigines Protection Board was renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board and restructured to include Aboriginal members. The complete responsibility for the education of all Aboriginal children was transferred to the New South Wales Department of Education. Almost overnight, the policy of segregation was changed to assimilation.

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ATTACK AND CASE FATALITY RATES FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE HUNTER REGION OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, IN 1979

American Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113615 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 118 (1) ◽

pp. 42-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

S. R. LEEDER ◽

A. J. DOBSON ◽

R. W. GIBBERD ◽

S. J. FLYNN

Keyword(s):

Myocardial Infarction ◽

Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Case Fatality ◽

South Wales ◽

Hunter Region

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Lake Mungo

The Aboriginal Child at School ◽

10.1017/s0310582200013729 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 27-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Barry Wright

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Health Worker ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Aboriginal Health ◽

Aboriginal Child ◽

South Wales ◽

A Site ◽

Aboriginal Health Worker

Lake Mungo, in New South Wales, is the home of the first known people in this country. Here, the oldest known evidence of Aboriginal people in Australia has been found. Because of its importance, it is a site which everyone should know about. To give us a feeling for Lake Mungo, Billy Reid, the illustrator of The Aboriginal Health Worker and The Aboriginal Child at School, came with me on a trip. We travelled west to the Darling River (whose Aboriginal name is Calewatta), and then south-east to Lake Mungo itself. Billy made wonderful drawings to represent the deeds and everyday life of those people. This can be reconstructed from the fossil evidence found at Lake Mungo. He has also drawn some scenes of life along the banks of the Calewatta - the river which is Billy’s own home. He hails from Bourke.

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