Project: Indigenous Australians

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This is a sub-project of the Australia Project.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that
this page may contain names and images of people who have died.

Indigenous Australians Project

The mission of the Indigenous Australians Project is to add and improve profiles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their descendants and to facilitate the descendants of First Nations people to document their family history on WikiTree. The time frame covers pre-colonial until the present.

Are you interested in the Indigenous Australians Project?

Project Leaders: Veronica Williams and Gillian Thomas

Add Indigenous_Australians to your followed tags.
We use the Australia Project Google Group for communication.

1 How to Join
2 Goals
3 Members
4 Project Tasks
5 Pages relevant or related to the Project
- 5.1 Categories
- 5.2 Free Space Pages
6 Project Box and Stickers
7 Questions and Discussion
8 Cultural Awareness and writing Respectful and Inclusive biographies
- 8.1 1. University of Sydney, National Centre of Cultural Competence. Aboriginal Kinship Presentation
9 Information, Resources, Images
10 Use of the Aboriginal Flag
11 Profiles added or improved by project members
12 Sources

How to Join

Join up to the Australia Project and ask to join the Indigenous Australians Project
Make sure you follow the Indigenous Australians and Australia tags. We use these tags to collaborate about specific profiles of Australia's First Nations People, as well as discussing other issues of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family history
Add your name to the list below with a brief summary of your area of interest.

Goals

Project Goals

Welcome and encourage the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the project, being aware that not everyone with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander genealogy may identify themselves as such, and some may be completely unaware of it.
Increase the visibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on Wikitree by raising the number of high quality profiles of our unique First Nations People, including notable and historically significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Collect and share information on Aboriginal DNA research, testing and interpretation.
Work on guidelines and other information as required to support the inclusion of Australia's First Nations People on WikiTree.

Members

Irene Dillon - Answering questions and working to add and improve profiles.
Peter Jones
Gillian Thomas - Working on the Aboriginal families of/on Flinders Island.
Purple Pettit
Mary Gorman Working on Sub-Project, Aboriginal Women Who Were First, inspired by Five Indigenous Women Who Didn't Get Credit
Eileen Strikwerda
Marian Hearn
Rosalie Neve
Ginny (Field) Christiansen
Larry Adams
J Wood
Leo Boudib
Anonymous Thomsen
Mel Hayward
Tristan Viscarra Rossel - First Nations veterans and their family members

... ... ... is a member of the Indigenous Australians Team.

If you wish to add a team sticker to your profile, please add the following text underneath the ==Biography== section.

Type: {{Member|Indigenous Australians}}

Project Tasks

Profiles that need work

For each person:

All information appropriately sourced
Biography written, using the WikiTree Style Guide, and using culturally respectful language
Project management added, or Project Protection if required, for individuals who are historically significant, notable, contentious or frequently duplicated. Project Box Template added (see below)
Project Sticker added (unless project protected or project managed). (see below)
Relevant categories added
All duplicates merged into lowest number
Connected to the global WikiTree tree

Refer to the following maintence category, or add the category to any profiles that you think need some tender loving care: Profile Improvement Indigenous profiles

Profiles to be added

Can you add any of these?

Makekerledede, Sister of Truganini from Bruny Island, Tas. Known on Kangaroo Island as "Sal", "Big Sal" and "Bumblefoot Sal".
"Suke", original name unknown, from Cape Portland, Vic. she spent years on Kangaroo Island, both before and after colonisation.

Specific Topics

You may propose a Topic by posting to the Indigenous Australians google group

Indigenous Australians DNA Information Page At this stage we are developing an information page. Discuss in the Google Group.

Aboriginal Women Who Were First (proposed topic) Inspired by : Five Indigenous Women Who Didn't Get Credit. Contact Mary Gorman if you'd like to work on these Profiles. Completed by Chris Laughton: Marion Elizabeth (Smith) Walls

Pages relevant or related to the Project

Free Space Pages

Please note: We are attempting to bring together a number pages that have been created on WikiTree relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples. Not all the information is endorsed by the Australia Project. Please let us know if information on a page needs updating or reviewing.

Naming Guidelines for profiles of Australia's First Nations People

Australian First Nations Naming Guidelines - if you have any questions about the application of these guidelines to a specific profile of an Australian First Nations person, please post a question on the G2G with the tags Australia and Indigenous Australians.

Resources

Indigenous Australians Resource page
Information about Australia's First Nations Categories on WikiTree: Indigenous Australians Category Help - this page is still in draft

Other pages

Straits Men and Straits Women The mixed race whaling & sealing community of Australia's southern waters, 1800-1850
Tasmania's Black War
Background to Australian First Nations Peoples - Indigenous Australians

Project Box and Stickers

Please note that the Project Sticker Template should be placed beneath the == Biography == heading. The Project Box for Project Protected Profiles will be placed above it. Normally, only the Project Sticker will need to be used.

The Project Box is only for Project Managed and Project Protected profiles (PPP).

... ... ... was an Indigenous Australian.
Join: Indigenous Australians Project
Discuss: INDIGENOUS_AUSTRALIANS

This Sticker is for all other persons ...

Sample usage: {{Indigenous Australians Sticker}}

... ... ... is an Indigenous Australian.

Alternative Stickers:

1. Aboriginal Heritage Sticker
{{Heritage Sticker|ancestors=Aboriginal|image= Indigenous_Australians_Resource_Page.png |imagetext= Aboriginal Flag }}

... has Aboriginal ancestors.

2. Torres Strait Islander Heritage Sticker
{{Heritage Sticker|ancestors=Torres Strait Islander|image=Indigenous_Australians_Resource_Page.jpg |imagetext= Torres Strait Islander Flag }}

... has Torres Strait Islander ancestors.

3. Aboriginal Australian Heritage Sticker for example
{{Descendant|image=Indigenous_Australians_Resource_Page.png |id=[[Wangal-2|Bennelong Wangal]], who is an Aboriginal Australian }}

Descendant of Bennelong Wangal, who is an Aboriginal Australian.

4. Torres Strait Islander Heritage Sticker for example

{{Descendant|image= Indigenous_Australians_Resource_Page.jpg |id=[[Randolph-2919|Sophia Randolph]], who is a Torres Strait Islander }}

Descendant of Sophia Randolph, who is a Torres Strait Islander.

Questions and Discussion

If you have specific questions related to Australian First Nations People on WikiTree, or want to discuss a specific profile, please post a question to the G2G, using the tags Indigenous Australians and Australians.

Cultural Awareness and writing Respectful and Inclusive biographies

We are currently working on developing guidelines for Writing Biographies for Australia's First Nations People.

Helpful Resources:

1. University of Sydney, National Centre of Cultural Competence. Aboriginal Kinship Presentation

Section 1. Welcome and Acknowledgement
Section 2. Nations, Clans & Family groups
Section 3. Moiety
Section 4. Totems
Section 5. Skin Names
Section 6. Language and Traditional Affiliations
Section 7. Lines of Communication
Section 8. Disconnected Lines

Information, Resources, Images

For useful links and more, go to: Indigenous_Australians Project Resource Page

Use of the Aboriginal Flag

The Aboriginal Flag has been listed as an official Flag of Australia under the Flags Act since 1995. It was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man of Central Australia and graduate of the South Australian School of Art. It was first flown in 1971.

Reproducing the flag is restricted in Australia, but the design does not pass the threshold of originality for copyright in the United States. The image is ineligible for copyright and therefore is in the public domain in the United States because it consists entirely of typefaces, individual words, handwriting, slogans, simple geometric shapes, etc. ^[1] As Wilkitree is a US organisation there is no copyright issue. ^[2]