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Oral Histories of Childhood and Playlore: The Aboriginal Children's Play Project, Museum Victoria

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posted on 2023-05-19, 15:50 authored by Katherine Darian-SmithKatherine Darian-Smith
The Aboriginal Children's Play Project (ACPP) comprises a unique and highly significant oral history collection documenting the experiences of childhood, games and growing up in Indigenous communities in urban and rural locations across a 50-year span. It consists of almost 70 recorded interviews, some stretching for up to two hours, that were conducted in the mid-1990s with Aboriginal children, teenagers and adults. The collection also includes some photographic material, interview transcript summaries and fieldwork data sheets. Located in Museum Victoria, as part of its expansive Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC), the Aboriginal play collection is a valuable, but hitherto unknown, historical resource for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities and researchers.

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Publication title

Aboriginal History

Volume

32

Pagination

146-150

ISSN

0314-8769

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Australian National University

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2008 ANU

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  • Restricted

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