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Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family History Guide

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The South Australian Museum is responsible for the largest and most comprehensive collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural material in the world, and works with Aboriginal people to bring the collection's stories to life.

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Aboriginal Family History Unit

The Museum has a dedicated Aboriginal family history unit that provides confidential and professional genealogy research for Aboriginal people researching their family history. If you would like to access this service, complete a Family History Application form.

Or you can contact the Family History Manager by phone 08 8207 7381 or by email familyhistory@samuseum.sa.gov.au

Family history guide

The Museum also offers an Aboriginal family history guide derived from the genealogies and data cards recorded during anthropological expeditions that took place between 1923-1963. The guide is primarily an index of names – the Name Index and is available as a publication in hardcopy and a downloadable PDF. In addition to the Name Index, each of the original genealogies for South Australia have been reproduced in RootsMagic, a genealogy software that can be made available to family history researchers as an app, or by other means. You can access the guide below.

Disclaimer

All information and documents on this page has been sourced from the South Australian Museum website.

We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students, live, learn and work.Acknowledgement of Country

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Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International License. Content from this Guide should be attributed to James Cook University Library. This does not apply to images, third party material (seek permission from the original owner) or any logos or insignia belonging to JCU or other bodies, which remain All Rights Reserved.

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