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Eureka Stockade - Australia's Culture PortalThe Eureka Flag based on the constellation of the Southern Cross. Image courtesy of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery and Australian Museums & Galleries Online. The Eureka rebellion, which is often referred to as the 'Eureka Stockade' is a key event in the d...
Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...
With mounting evidence and stories circulating about their seemingly miraculous ability to find people, Aboriginal trackers' abilities became legendary in the minds of white Australians. Paul Raffaele, Aboriginal tracker Teddy Egan and son. The Australi...
Creating the Canning Stock Route was the answer to a host of challenges presented by the Australian outback. Surveyed and created in the early 1900s, the scale of the Canning Stock Route is epic. John Carty, oral historian and anthropologist from the Au...
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Tracking the Native Police (more info)
'Tracking the Native Police' is an online exhibition which tells the history of the Native Police Corps from 1837 to 1852 through some of the earliest official records held by Public Record Office Victoria. The four featured stories link to digital copies
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Ergo online learning project, State Library of Victoria (website State Library of Victoria (SLV) )When it came to pursuing lawbreakers in the bush, European settlers used Native Police – often with bloody consequences. It wasn't until 1842 that the Port Phillip Native Police Corps was established under the command of Sir Henry Dana. The Native ...
When it came to pursuing lawbreakers in the bush, European settlers used Native Police – often with bloody consequences. It wasn't until 1842 that the Port Phillip Native Police Corps was established under the command of Sir Henry Dana. The Native ...
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irn=305555&search=nsw+police+button&site_id=3 > N21424-1/1 Tunic Button, NSW Police. irn=305555&search=nsw+police+button&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=305556&search=nsw+police+button&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemus...
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irn=248544&search=NSW+Police+Force&site_id=3 > H7469-11 Button, Australia, NSW Police Force. irn=248544&search=NSW+Police+Force&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=85030&search=NSW+Police+Force&site_id=3 http://www.powerhou...
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Another role of the Native Police in a white settler state allowed for significant ëdivide-and-ruleí tactics. Troopers were thus able to be used to police Indigenous people and allow the annexation of land by white settlers, with little risk of them turn...
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irn=383876&search=native&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=380142&search=native&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=381767&search=native&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection...
Electronic Encyclopaedia of Gold in Australia VPRS 1189/P Inward Registered Correspondence I, Colonial Secretary's Office, unit 16, folder 6, item 52/605 > Produced by the Cultural Heritage Unit, The University of Melbourne> http://www.egold.net.au/archiv...
Commandant Dana reports to the Colonial Secretary about incidents which took place on the Ballarat goldfields during a visit by the Commissioner for Crown Lands, accompanied by the Native Police. I accompanied the Commissioner and Mr Armstrong to the Ball...
Commandant Dana reports to the Colonial Secretary about incidents which took place on the Ballarat goldfields during a visit by the Commissioner for Crown Lands, accompanied by the Native Police. Letter from Commandant Dana to Colonial Secretary,, Septemb...
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