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Author Flagg, Simon.

Title Footprints : the journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper / [coordinating authors, Simon Flagg and Sebastian Gurciullo]
Published North Melbourne, Vic. : Public Record Office Victoria ; Canberra Business Centre, A.C.T. : National Archives of Australia, 2008

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Description 132 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
regular print
Series New Items
Contents Introduction: Tracing a family's history in the archives -- 1. Introducing the Pepper family -- 2. A family's cry for help -- 3. Across the state -- 4. The timber pole dispute -- 5. Percy answers the call -- 6. A death in the family -- 7. A final request for Lucy Pepper -- 8. Life goes on for the Pepper family -- Afterword: Where are we now?
Summary The lives of Lucy and Percy Pepper, from Gippsland, Victoria, were affected by laws and government policies that defined who was 'Aboriginal' and who was not. This book reveals their struggle to keep their extended family together, fight for Australia in World War 1, make good on soldier settlement block, and survive ill health and poverty. Their story is told through correspondence between Percy and Lucy Pepper and government officials and Aboriginal administrators. The letters are now in the collections of the National Archives of Australia and the Public Records Office Victoria. Footprints is a valuable resource for Aboriginal people who want to find archival records. In addition, anyone interested in Aboriginal policy in early twentieth century Victoria can gain insights on the effects of past legislation and practices on individuals and families
Notes "...an Aboriginal family's struggle for survival"--Cover
"Archival records show the relationship between Aboriginal people and the government, as well as the dramatic effects that laws and policies had upon their lives"--Foreword
Bibliography: p. 131-132
Subject Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956.
Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923.
Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923 -- Families
Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956 -- Families
Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923 -- Correspondence.
Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence.
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923 -- Family.
Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956 -- Family.
Pepper family.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- Sources.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Biography -- Sources.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- History -- Sources.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations -- History -- Sources.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Gippsland -- Genealogy
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Genealogy.
SUBJECT Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Biography http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012007
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Genealogy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651
Genre/Form Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Family histories.
Author Gurciullo, Sebastian, 1968-
Victoria. Public Record Office.
National Archives of Australia.
LC no. 2008426308
ISBN 9781920807610 paperback
Other Titles Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper