Working with ATSI people and communities

Throughout the website the Upper Hunter region, residents,
organisations and Muswellbrook Shire Council have been used to provide
examples and personal connections to assist users to see the relevance
of the information in a local setting. Every area will have their own
version of these stories and discovering them will better place you to
provide services to your own community.

The Upper Hunter includes the Local Government Areas (LGA) of Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter - North West of Sydney-Newcastle.

Aboriginal peoples living in the Hunter Valley were culturally and environmentally rich groups who had lived in the area for thousands of years. Here are some of the stories from the Upper Hunter following Aboriginal and European contact after 1788,

Reading 11A Aboriginal people in the Hunter Valley
Reading 11B First contact in the Upper Hunter Valley
Reading 11C The Trial of Lieutenant Nathaniel Lowe
Reading 11D The Impact of dispossession
Reading 11E Caroona and St Heliers
Reading 11F St Clair (Mount Olive), Caroona and the Aborigines Inland Mission
Reading 11G Railway tents, 14 pound hammers and assimilation
Reading 11H Aboriginal Men, Private Contractors and Liddell Power Station
Reading 11I No Time like the Present: A personal note from Deirdre Heitmeyer
Reading 11J Muswellbrook Shire Council document for Reconciliation Statement of Princip

The term rock painting is used to describe Aboriginal art were materials have been applied to a rock surface to make a design or picture. These may be elaborate, multi layered and profuse or more simple, like the western concept of a drawing.

Paintings and drawings on rock surfaces are found across Australia. There are numerous sites in the Upper Hunter:

Tiddalik is the key character in one of the most widely related dreaming stories on the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Many people in the Upper Hunter shared their experiences in the development of this web site. For example:

An Aboriginal community member Personally I am always talking about my colour and our culture, how blacks deal with things, how we think, how we feel and they try to be understanding about that. An Aboriginal community members speaks about experiences of services.
Reading 5 : Aboriginal community member

CEO of an Aboriginal organisations Some organization don’t understand the needs of Aboriginal people, and all the cultural awareness in the world is not going to change that, because they have their minds set in government departments on how Aboriginal people are supposed to be. A CEO of an Aboriginal organisation talks about services.
Reading 6 : CEO of Aboriginal organisation

Les (46 sec)

Glen Morris

My name is Glen Morris. I was born in 1951 in Kempsey on the Mid-North Coast of NSW. Me family lived on a Reserve there called Burnt Bridge. There was four of us in the family, me elder sister, meself, younger sister and younger brother. My father worked at the Golf Links as Green Keeper at Kempsey.

Reading 13A : Burnt Bridge, The Welfare Board, Doctors
Reading 13B : Discrimination - swimming, movies, education and jobs
Reading 13C: Living on the Reserve in Armidale 1950s/60s
Reading 13D: Traditional knowledge

The graphic design of all the banners on the tops of the web pages on this web site has been based on the Reconciliation Mural by George Anderson and assistaing artists and George Anderson's original design for the mural.
The Mural



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		This web site has been developed within the Upper Hunter Community. Throughout the website the Upper Hunter region, residents, organisations and Muswellbrook Shire Council have been used to provide examples and personal connections to assist users to see the relevance of the information in a local setting. Every area will have their own version of these stories and discovering them will better place you to provide services to your own community. The place The Upper Hunter includes the Local Government Areas (LGA) of Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter - North West of Sydney-Newcastle. Click on image for high resolution photo (546k) History Aboriginal peoples living in the Hunter Valley were culturally and environmentally rich groups who had lived in the area for thousands of years. Here are some of the stories from the Upper Hunter following Aboriginal and European contact after 1788, Reading 11A Aboriginal people in the Hunter Valley Reading 11B First contact in the Upper Hunter Valley Reading 11C The Trial of Lieutenant Nathaniel Lowe Reading 11D The Impact of dispossession Reading 11E Caroona and St Heliers Reading 11F St Clair (Mount Olive), Caroona and the Aborigines Inland Mission Reading 11G Railway tents, 14 pound hammers and assimilation Reading 11H Aboriginal Men, Private Contractors and Liddell Power Station Reading 11I No Time like the Present: A personal note from Deirdre Heitmeyer Reading 11J Muswellbrook Shire Council document for Reconciliation Statement of Princip Rock paintings The term rock painting is used to describe Aboriginal art were materials have been applied to a rock surface to make a design or picture. These may be elaborate, multi layered and profuse or more simple, like the western concept of a drawing. Paintings and drawings on rock surfaces are found across Australia. There are numerous sites in the Upper Hunter: Reading 12A: Introduction to Rock Art Reading 12B: Hands on Rock Reading 12C: Biame The Dreaming Tiddalik is the key character in one of the most widely related dreaming stories on the eastern seaboard of Australia. Reading 12D: Tiddalik The people and organisations Many people in the Upper Hunter shared their experiences in the development of this web site. For example: An Aboriginal community member Personally I am always talking about my colour and our culture, how blacks deal with things, how we think, how we feel and they try to be understanding about that. An Aboriginal community members speaks about experiences of services. Reading 5 : Aboriginal community member CEO of an Aboriginal organisations Some organization don’t understand the needs of Aboriginal people, and all the cultural awareness in the world is not going to change that, because they have their minds set in government departments on how Aboriginal people are supposed to be. A CEO of an Aboriginal organisation talks about services. Reading 6 : CEO of Aboriginal organisation Les Les (46 sec) Glen Morris My name is Glen Morris. I was born in 1951 in Kempsey on the Mid-North Coast of NSW. Me family lived on a Reserve there called Burnt Bridge. There was four of us in the family, me elder sister, meself, younger sister and younger brother. My father worked at the Golf Links as Green Keeper at Kempsey. Reading 13A : Burnt Bridge, The Welfare Board, Doctors Reading 13B : Discrimination - swimming, movies, education and jobs Reading 13C: Living on the Reserve in Armidale 1950s/60s Reading 13D: Traditional knowledge George Andersons The graphic design of all the banners on the tops of the web pages on this web site has been based on the Reconciliation Mural by George Anderson and assistaing artists and George Anderson's original design for the mural. The Mural