In some states Aborigines had the right to vote before Federation, as a result many stayed on electoral rolls after 1901, it is worth checking electoral rolls,both state electoral rolls and commonwealth electoral rolls, but it can be a tediuos business, especially if state rolls are listed by subdivisions within the electorate. In such a case you need to know fairly exact locations or addresses. -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Dunn [mailto:cathyd@shoalhaven.net.au] Sent: Friday, 25 January 2002 4:13 PM To: AUS-KOORI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-Koori] interest - Electoral Rolls It is still worth a look at early electoral rolls. I have found Aboriginals listed as early as 1903. Noting many of these people were not living at the Aboriginal Camp but on private property http://www.ulladulla.info/history/budawang/rolls.html A good selection of ER at http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/act.htm which include early ACT and Jervis Bay & Wreck Bay Aboriginals and other references At 15:24 25/01/2002 +1100, you wrote: >For what it is worth, I went to an introduction to >Electoral Rolls at the State Library of NSW this >week and on the handout we were given re >eligibility to vote it said > >1962 voluntary enrolment for Aborigines and > compulsory voting for those already enrolled > >1984 compulsory enrolment for Aborigines > > > > >==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database >and Aboriginal links at: >http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm Cathy Dunn ==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database and Aboriginal links at: http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm