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Staff Presentations and Papers - Indigenous Cultures

  • Religion and Rebellion in China: The London Missionary Society collection
    A revised version of this article by Andrew Gosling was published in National Library of Australia News, 8(10), July 1998, pp 3-6

  • An American in Manila: Otley Beyer and his collection at the National Library Of Australia
    Article by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, published in National Library of Australia News, 7 (10), July 1997, pp 6-8

  • Australian Experiences with Coordinating Asian Collections: Issues and Achievements
    Paper by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, presented at the International Workshop on Developments in the Co-ordination of Asian Collections, Amsterdam, 15 April 1997.

  • Cultural Diversity in Australia
    Paper by John Thompson, Collection Research, Documentation and Promotion, for the National Conservations and Preservation Strategy Public Forum, October 1996.

  • Burma and Beyond: The Luce Collection
    Gordon Hannington Luce (1889-1979) is widely regarded as the foremost European scholar on Burma. His outstanding library containing books, manuscripts, maps and photographs was acquired by the National Library of Australia in 1980, as part of its effort to develop major research collections on Asia. Article by Andrew Gosling published in National Library of Australia News, 6 (13), October 1996.

  • The Chamberlain and Mabo Papers: Case Studies of Personal Papers of National Symbolic Significance
    Paper by Adrian Cunningham presented by Kathryn Dan at the Australian Society of Archivists Annual Conference, Alice Springs, 25 May 1996.

  • Making History: Acquiring the Mabo Papers
    'John Thompson provides an inside view of the sensitive negotions which led to the National Library's acquisition of the papers of Eddie Mabo, recently described by the Prime Minister as a treasure trove of information for social historians '.

  • National Libraries and First Nations
    Recently returned from a fact-finding trip, Graeme Powell examines the policies and collection strategies of national institutions in New Zealand, Canada and the United States concerning the documentation of their indigenous cultures.

  • 'White Australia has a Black History': Sources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in the National Library of Australia
    Written and presented by John Thompson at the Indigenous Research Ethics Conference, 27-29 September 1995, organised by the Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation, Research and Development, James Cook University of North Queensland.
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