Series 21 - 'Australia 1788-1988 - A Bicentennial History' - Diane Elizabeth Barwick's 'Aboriginal History' Component


Date Range1937 - 1987
Quantity19.1 cm, 12 folders
ProvenanceBarwick, Diane Elizabeth
Description

Series 21 contains records that document Diane Elizabeth Barwick's work on the 1988 Bicentennial History Project which commemorated the arrival of Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet into Sydney Harbour in 1788. The Bicentennial History Project brought together historians from around the country to write and edit a series of publications about Australian history. Discussions about the bicentennial commemorations look to have begun in approximately 1980. The project was coordinated from the Australian National University.

Diane Barwick was co-convenor of a symposium on the Bicentennial History Project held as part of the Biennial Meeting of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in 1980. She was also an advisor on a number of the historical works published between 1979 and 1981 under the auspices of the Bicentennial History Project.

The direction and content of each of the historical works published under the auspices of the Bicentennial History Project were the subject of a conference entitled 'Australia 1788-1988 A Bicentennial History', held at Burgmann College at Australian National University on 9-13 February 1981. Diane Barwick presented a paper in the section of this conference entitled 'Australia 1939-1988', about the Aboriginal history component of the Bicentennial History Project. Series 21 contains records about this conference, as well as many bulletins issued in the course of the Bicentennial History Project.

The Bicentennial History Project activities were organised around a number of committees, as follows:
Australia to 1788;
Australia in 1838;
Australia in 1888;
Australia in 1938;
Australia 1939-88.

The Bicentennial History Project published a series made up of eleven volumes. These included historical narratives, a historical atlas, and a historical dictionary. The series as a whole was entitled Australians, A Historical Library.


Inventory Listing

BARI01393 Research Outline - 'Australia 1939-1988: Aborigines - Questions and Suggestions for Research and Coverage'

List of potential subjects of future research in Aboriginal history in Australia, probably in relation to the 1988 Australian bicentennial commemoration. Section headings include 'Demographic Characteristics and Special Problems', '1939-1945 War Time', '1946-1956 Postwar Changes' etc. Also includes one-page narrative outlining possible means of treating the subject of Aboriginal history in the 1939-1988 volume.

List looks to have been compiled by Diane Elizabeth Barwick for the Bicentennial History Conference. Note on front page reads 'Geoff - I'll send copies of the Aboriginal Manifesto when I get time to copy it'. Four pages of typed notes.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range c. 1937 - 1981    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 folder
Formats Typed Notes
Inventory Identifier BARI01393 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI01494 'Australia 1939-1988 - Bicentennial History Bulletin', May 1981
Diane Elizabeth Barwick's Research Questions and Suggestions

'Australia 1939-1988 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin', Number 3, May 1981. Includes a section about research questions and suggestions for research and coverage of Aboriginal history from the 1939-1988 period, written by Diane Elizabeth Barwick.

Also contains cover note with above booklet written to Diane Barwick from 'Allen'.

Also contains blank form from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in relation to 'Options for Conditions of Deposit of Material'.

Note paper sheets to A4 sheets.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range c. 1981 - 1987?    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence, Forms and Booklets
Inventory Identifier BARI01494 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI02218 'Feb 1981 Conf. [Conference] 1788-1988'
Folder [1] Correspondence and Notes

Assorted papers collected by Diane Elizabeth Barwick prior to and following the 'Australia 1788-1988 A Bicentennial History' conference, held 9-13 February 1981, at Burgmann College, Australian National University.

Notes include newspaper clippings, and proposals by Marcia Langton and by Diane Elizabeth Barwick in regard to the writing and researching of the Aboriginal history component of the Bicentennial History.

Correspondents (to and from Diane Elizabeth Barwick only):
Stephen G. Foster; Allan; Andrew Markus; Bill Rosser; Colin (probably Colin Tatz); Jack Horner.

Diane Barwick is listed as a speaker at the 'Australia 1788-1988 A Bicentennial History' conference in the Conference Programme in this inventory item. For three published articles by Diane Barwick about the Bicentennial History see inventory items BARI00039, BARI00044, and BARI00047, in Series 3 - Publications of Diane Elizabeth Barwick - Published or Final Versions.

Originally housed in a labelled manila folder. Complete title reads '(due 9/1/81 - 1939-88) - Feb 1981 Conf. [Conference] 1788-1988'.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980 - 1981    Quantity 2 cm, 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Photocopied Documents, Proposals and/or Submissions, Published Articles and Conference Programmes
Inventory Identifier BARI02218 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI02219 'Feb 1981 Conf. [Conference] 1788-1988'
Folder [2] Correspondence, Conference Programme, etc

Assorted papers collected by Diane Elizabeth Barwick prior to and following the 'Australia 1788-1988 A Bicentennial History' conference, held 9-13 February 1981, at Burgmann College, Australian National University.

Includes two sets of typed notes by Diane Barwick, entitled 'Australian [sic] 1939-1988: Aborigines' and 'Australia 1939-1988: Aborigines - Questions and Suggestions for Research/Coverage'.

Correspondents (of Diane Elizabeth Barwick only):
J. W. McCarty; Ross Dickinson; Maria Braudl; Louise Douglas; Jack Horner.

Diane Barwick is listed as a speaker at the 'Australia 1788-1988 A Bicentennial History' conference in the Conference Programme located in inventory item BARI02218. For three published articles by Diane Barwick about the Bicentennial History see inventory items BARI00039, BARI00044, and BARI00047, in Series 2 Publications of Diane Elizabeth Barwick - Published or Final Versions.

Originally housed in a labelled manila folder. Complete title reads '(due 9/1/81 - 1939-88) - Feb 1981 Conf. [Conference] 1788-1988'.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980 - 1981    Quantity 2 cm, 1 folder
Formats General Correspondence, Handwritten Notes, Typescript, Financial Records, Published Articles, Conference Papers and Conference Programmes
Inventory Identifier BARI02219 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03052 'Australia 1888, Bulletin No 12, November 1983'

Single issue of a 'Bicentennial History Bulletin for the study of Australian history centred on the year 1888' (see note on Contents Page of Bulletin).

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1983    Quantity 1 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03052 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03123 'Australian Historical Bibliography - Bulletin No 1 - January 1980'

Single issue of a 'bulletin of the Reference Section of Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History' (see note on inside cover of Bulletin).

Bulletin features articles on the subject of bibliographic research.

Prepared for publication by the Publications Section, Division of the Registrar, the University of New South Wales.

Approximately A5 sized journal.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980    Quantity 1 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03123 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03124 'Australia 1888' - Bulletins No 4, 5, and 6

Three issues of a 'Bicentennial History Bulletin for the study of Australian history centred on the year 1888' (see note on Contents Page of each Bulletin).

This inventory item opens with 'Australia 1888 - Bulletin No 6, November 1980'.

Foolscap sized journals.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03124 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03125 'Australia 1888' - Bulletins No 7, 8, and 9

Three issues of a 'Bicentennial History Bulletin for the study of Australian history centred on the year 1888' (see note on Contents Page of each Bulletin).

This inventory item opens with 'Australia 1888 - Bulletin No 9 - April 1982'.

Foolscap sized journals.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1981 - 1982    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03125 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03126 'Australia 1888' - Bulletins No 10 and 11

Two issues of a 'Bicentennial History Bulletin for the study of Australian history centred on the year 1888' (see note on Contents Page of each Bulletin).

This inventory item opens with 'Australia 1888 - Bulletin No 11 - May 1983'.

Foolscap sized journals.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1982 - 1983    Quantity 2 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03126 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03127 'Australia 1938 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin' - Nos 1, 3, and 4

Four issues of a bulletin published in Sydney as part of 'Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History'. This bulletin was previously combined with the bulletin of the 1939-88 committee of the Australian Bicentennial History project.

Includes two issues entitled No 4, dated August 1981, and November 1981.

This inventory item opens with 'Australia 1938 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin - November 1981 - No 4'.

A5 journal.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980 - 1981    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03127 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03128 'Australia 1939-1988 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin' - Nos 1 and 2

Bulletin published in Canberra as part of 'Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History'. Published at irregular intervals.

This inventory item contains three issues, as follows:
'Australia 1939-1988 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin - No 1 - May 1980';
'Australia 1939-1988 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin - No 2 - December 1980'. Two copies.

A5 journal.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980    Quantity 2 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03128 Box Number 1 Series 21
BARI03137 'Australia 1938 - A Bicentennial History Bulletin' - No 2, 1980

Bulletin published as part of 'Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History'. This bulletin was previously combined with the bulletin of the 1939-88 committee of the Australian Bicentennial History project.

A5 journal.

Creator Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Date range 1980    Quantity 1 cm, 1 folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier BARI03137 Box Number 1 Series 21

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, 5 October 2007
Listed by Ann McCarthy and Gavan McCarthy
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