Description |
132 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
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New Items
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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 |
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"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 |
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Bibliography: p. 131-132 |
Subject |
Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956.
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Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923.
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Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923 -- Families
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Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956 -- Families
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Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923 -- Correspondence.
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Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence.
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Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
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Pepper, Lucy, 1884-1923 -- Family.
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Pepper, Percy, 1877-1956 -- Family.
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Pepper family.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- Sources.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Biography -- Sources.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- History -- Sources.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations -- History -- Sources.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Gippsland -- Genealogy
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Genealogy.
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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
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Genealogy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651
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Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence.
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Biographies.
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Family histories.
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Author |
Gurciullo, Sebastian, 1968-
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Victoria. Public Record Office.
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National Archives of Australia.
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LC no. |
2008426308 |
ISBN |
9781920807610 paperback |
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