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Indigenous knowledge and archives.
I have been employed at State Records New South Wales, based at the Sydney Records Centre, The Rocks, for six years. I began work as a cadet Aboriginal Archivist in early 1999 and as part of the cadetship undertook external studies to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Archives and Records), Edith Cowan University, Perth. At the time, there were Aboriginal people working in archives and libraries but there were not many who had completed the relevant professional qualifications.
The cadetship was created by New South Wales State Records in December 1998 in collaboration with the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the then Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) and the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), and aimed to increase the number of Indigenous people working in the library/ archives sector. The position was created largely as a response to the release of the Bringing Them Home Report (1) as awareness developed in the archival profession of the need for more Indigenous people to enter it.
In this chapter, I outline the key outcomes for NSW State Records of this cadetship, including the ongoing and proposed activities to address Indigenous issues in State Records. I then outline the nationally focussed activities of the Indigenous Issues Special Interest Group (IISIG) of the Australian Society for Archivists. I conclude by setting out what I consider to be the key future issues that the profession has to engage with to meet Indigenous people's needs in archives.
Key Outcomes of the Aboriginal Archivist Cadetship
Archivist--Aboriginal Liaison Position
The initial outcome of the cadetship has been the creation of a permanent position of Archivist--Aboriginal Liaison at State Records. The primary role of the position has been to liaise in the development and provision of services for Indigenous people seeking access to the state's archives. The position covers those areas of activities that impact on Indigenous people and records and does appear overwhelming for one person. The core responsibility of the Archivist--Aboriginal Liaison is to establish open and…
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