tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post6927330924666525454..comments2024-02-17T19:03:04.824+11:00Comments on New England, Australia: Malcolm Calley, Anthropology and Australia's AboriginesJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-37024848557415081492007-02-24T05:57:00.000+11:002007-02-24T05:57:00.000+11:00Thanks, C. We actually overlapped in Armidale. I w...Thanks, C. We actually overlapped in Armidale. I was there in 89, moving down to Sydney in 96 because my wife wanted to come home.<BR/><BR/>You are worth your weight in gum nuts with this comment because you have answered a question I have always had. I knew that some of Armidale's aboriginal peope were Dainggati but did not know how the connection came about. <BR/><BR/>Rod Hagen who I quote in this post worked with the Yorta Yorta.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-24157622861644623112007-02-22T23:42:00.000+11:002007-02-22T23:42:00.000+11:00The great thing about this area is that although t...The great thing about this area is that although there were many experiences of families being held in missions such as bellbrook and burnt bridge at kempsey, the family and tribal groups have largely been held together. Many families moved to Armidale from the coast and Bellbrook in 1956 when you would remember a surge in the numbers on the town dump over east side. We spent 6 years in Wagga where I taught as a casual teacher. The Aboriginal people there had suffered more dislocation through the housing commission's policies of the 1960s-70s and through the removal of children prior to that. There were a few elders who had been through Cootamundra girls home. Although there were many Wiradjurri people, they were from many different areas within that nation. From Yorta Yorta as well. <BR/><BR/>Armidale is a great place to live. For me with my interests in helping Aboriginal youth, I couldnt be happier and we hope to stay here for a good while. The kids here are very easy to get along with.<BR/> I came to Armidale to go to uni up here in '89 and have spent most of my time here since. <BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-84583896927405852482007-02-15T09:43:00.000+11:002007-02-15T09:43:00.000+11:00This is fascinating C. I would love to hear more a...This is fascinating C. I would love to hear more about your research. <BR/><BR/>I do not think that Armidale is unique in the retention of historical memories by local aborigines, I think that is also true of other areas. <BR/><BR/>Armidale may, however, be unusual if not unique in the nature of interactions between the aboriginal and non-aboriginal community. <BR/><BR/>I am not suggesting that this is in any way perfect. After all, I grew up in Armidale during the fifties,so remember the original shanty settlement in East Armidale.<BR/><BR/>I do have a strong feeling, however, that Armidale's traditional aboriginal families have achieved a degree of community prominence and at an earlier date than seems to have happened in many other places. <BR/><BR/>At the moment I am trying to write a stocktake post on my personal blog - http://belshaw.blogspot.com/ - that will pull together some of the material I have written on the aborigines.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-1015257615509051742007-02-14T22:37:00.000+11:002007-02-14T22:37:00.000+11:00Hi Jim,I am interested in what you have been writi...Hi Jim,<BR/><BR/>I am interested in what you have been writing here. I live in Armidale and have done some research and writing in a grad dip on the local Aboriginal people. Particually the role of the Catholic church here in the mid 50s onwards in providing support for the people living in east Armidale. I feel that Armidale is unique. So much culture has been retained that people don't see. They still meet and camp down at a river site towards the coast as their ancestors have done for centuries. <BR/><BR/>I too get frustrated with the reactions from the general public in response to some history writing or the issue of welfare payments and other financial assistance. <BR/><BR/>My husband work with Aboriginal youth through sport on an voluntary basis and have made many friendships and contacts in the community. They are a strong people. <BR/><BR/>CCaroline Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04968961005514496747noreply@blogger.com