Resources - Sydney, Northern Beaches
Listed below are places and resources where you can find information about the Aboriginal issues in our local Northern Sydney area.
Local
Government
Aboriginal
Organisations
Community
Action
Printed
Resources
Local Government
Local Government Councils
The Northern Beaches falls within three local government councils.
Check out their websites for information about Aboriginal heritage and
reconciliation projects, to access their local studies library services,
and more:
Manly Council Web:
www.manly.nsw.gov.au
Warringah Council Web:
www.warringah.nsw.gov.au
Pittwater Council Web:
www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au
Aboriginal Heritage Office
Lane Cove, Manly, North Sydney, Warringah and Willoughby
Councils have joined together to sponsor an Aboriginal Heritage Office
to ensure the protection of Aboriginal sites and cultural heritage
within their regions. The Office also works to develop awareness of
Indigenous heritage issues within the community, schools and within the
Councils themselves. For more information please contact:
Aboriginal Heritage Manager, North Sydney Council, 200 Miller Street,
North Sydney NSW 2059, Tel: (02) 9949 9882 Fax: (02) 9949 9883
Web:
www.aboriginalheritage.org
Aboriginal Services Directory in the Northern
Sydney Region
A product of the Northern Sydney Aboriginal Area
Social Plan, the Aboriginal Services Directory covers a range of
services available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
living in eleven local government areas of Northern Sydney (Willoughby,
Lane Cove, Hornsby, Ryde, Warringah, Manly, Pittwater, North Sydney,
Ku-ring-gai, Mosman, Hunter’s Hill). The Directory is available in
electronic and hard copy.
Community Services Branch, Hornsby Shire Council, PO Box 37
Hornsby NSW 1630
Tel: (02) 9847 6611 Fax: (02) 9477 2853 Email:
hsc@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Web: www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan
The Northern Sydney Region of Councils (NSROC) developed the
Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan to address the needs of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members within the
region. For more information, contact:
Project Officer, Manly Community Centre, 12 Wentworth Street, Manly NSW
2095
Tel: (02) 9977 1066
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Aboriginal Organisations
Guringai Local Aboriginal Education Consultative
Group (AECG)
The AECG is a community based Aboriginal organisation with regional
and local branches throughout NSW. Our local Guringai AECG provides
support to Aboriginal families on education and related issues on the
Northern Beaches. For current contact details, go through the AECG State
Office at:
Tel: (02) 9550 5666 Fax: (02) 9550 3361
Web: www.nswaecg.com.au
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
(MLALC)
As custodians for the traditional owners of the Sydney area, Metro is
the organisation responsible for Aboriginal sites, land, and community
in the Sydney metropolitan area, including the Northern Beaches region.
The website is an excellent source of information about Metro’s
projects, activities and services.
PO Box 1103, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Tel: (02) 8394 9666 Fax: (02) 8394 9733 Email:
metrolalc@metrolalc.org.au
Web:
www.metrolalc.org.au
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Community Action
Aboriginal Support Group – Manly Warringah
Pittwater
Since 1979, the ASG has worked on Sydney’s Northern Beaches to
support Aboriginal people in their struggle for justice.
PO Box 129, Narrabeen NSW 2101
Tel: (02) 9913 7940 Fax: (02) 9913 7940
Web:
www.asgmwp.net
Acknowledgement of Country Protocol
As a sign of respect to the traditional owners of this land,
more and more speakers at public events are opening their addresses with
an "Acknowledgement of Country". The ASG have produced a
bookmark
outlining the protocol for Acknowledging Country. Please
click here for details.
Northern Sydney Region Reconciliation Network
(NRRN)
A forum for northern Sydney region reconciliation groups, local
government councils and Aboriginal organisations to meet, discuss and
act on matters related to Aboriginal issues in Sydney’s northern region.
For more information please contact:
PO Box 41, Berowra NSW 2081
Tel: (02) 9428 1197
Radio Northern Beaches
Radio Northern Beaches broadcasts on 88.7 FM and 90.3 FM and continues
to be an important vehicle for broadcasting programs with Aboriginal
content to the local community.
Web: www.mwm.org.au
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Printed Resources
For a comprehensive list of resources regarding local Aboriginal heritage on the Northern Beaches, please contact Warringah Library Service, Pittwater Library and Manly Library.
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater, A Story to Tell...On a Road Toward Reconciliation: 1979-2000: An Account of the First Twenty-One Years of Life and Work of the Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater, Narrabeen, ASG-MWP, 2002. (For more information and to order your copy please click here.)
Attenbrow, Valerie, Sydney's Aboriginal Past: Investigating the Archaeological and Historical Records, Sydney, University of NSW Press, 2002.
Foley, Dennis, Repossession of our Spirit: Traditional Owners of Northern Sydney, photography by Ricky Maynard, Canberra, Aboriginal History Inc., 2001.
Hinkson, Melinda, Aboriginal Sydney: A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present, photography by Alana Harris, Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 2000.
Jacobs, Ian, A History of the Aboriginal Clans of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Brookvale, Northside Printing, 2003.
Landers, Rachel and Zubrycki, Tom, Whiteys Like Us, Canberra, Ronin Films, 1999.
Lee, Emma (in association with the Metropolitan
Local Aboriginal Land Council),The Tale of a Whale:
Significant Aboriginal Landscapes of the Northern Beaches,
Dee Why, Warringah Council, 2002.
(For a review of this book please see the
Autumn 2003 issue of
Elimatta. Copies can be purchased from Warringah, Pittwater and
Manly Councils, local libraries and booksellers.)
Popp, T & N, Walker, Bill,
Footprints on Rock: Aboriginal Art of
the Sydney Region, Redfern, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal
Land Council, 1997.
Read, Peter, Belonging:
Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Stanbury, Peter and Clegg, John, A Field Guide to Aboriginal Rock Engravings with Special Reference to Those Around Sydney, Sydney, Sydney University Press, 1990.
Willmot, Eric, Pemulwuy: the Rainbow Warrior, McMahons Point, Weldons, 1987.
Wood, Nancy,
Nobody's Child, Narrabeen, ASG-MWP, 1999.
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