• Entry type: Concept
  • Entry ID: AWE6425

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women

Summary

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made a significant contribution to their countries and communities that have often gone unacknowledged.

This entry is an ever-growing record of resources and entries on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Register.

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with twelve Aboriginal women [sound recording] Interviewer: Moyna Carter
    • Papers of the Migrant and Indigenous Women Action Group
  • AIATSIS Film Collection
    • Aboriginal women farm workers during World War II - three archival film interviews
    • Aboriginal Women Artists
  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs, 810 George Street, Sydney
  • AIATSIS Manuscript and Rare Books Collection
    • Cootamundra : the Aboriginal Girls Home
  • AIATSIS Sound Collection
    • Women and Native Title in South-East Australia

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