Anyone on the list who has access to Herald Sun, or going to the Library, who can do a lookup for me PLEASE? Regards, Jill

  Hello, I'd appreciate help on a similar matter as well. I have an old newspaper article from the "Herald". Not *all* that old actually, as it's from other sources on the same thing I know the event happened in 1957 or 1958 or 1959. The bit of paper is actually younger than I am. It is about the clearance of an aboriginal camp at the western end of Narrabeen Lagoon .. see Dictionary of Sydney's account of such, here: http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/aboriginal_settlement_narrabeen_lagoon [1] I can send an image (a bit blurry, but readable) of the Herald article to anyone who might be interested. It talks of 15 families, who at that time it would seem were refusing to move. Other accounts of the matter do exist elsewhere (albeit all pretty brief), one such being in the book:  "Landscapes of Clearance: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives",  edited by Angèle Angele Patricia Smith and Amy Gazin-Schwartz. On page 156 of that camp the clearance by the local Council is part of a sad-sounding account :- 'Smashed camps, broken toys, bulldozers at dawn ...   ".... smoke drifting up from one or two places in the sandy soil where the last campfires of millenia still lay smoudering ....' , which is referring to the 'cleared' area at the western end of Narrabeen Lagoon.   So runs the account in that particular book.   But is that true?   Did bulldozers really come at dawn?       Was this really a site that was millenia old, or a camp ground that relatively recent newcomers were occupying space at and the Council didn't want that situation to continue?   I certainly don't know .. not at present anyway.   But who has real story?   Who actually took people away - and where to?    One account says they were taken to the 'western suburbs'.   One writer describes that those Aboriginal people who lived in such camps or could not afford the rents, were rounded up by authorities and subsequently  "disappeared".   This writer states "Their camps—including the well-known one at Narrabeen Lakes—were demolished. The whereabouts of many of these people remained forever unknown to other members of their families, many of whom were too afraid to ask questions"  (i.e. viz.  http://epress.anu.edu.au/caepr_series/no_27/mobile_devices/ch09s02.html [2] ) Re getting the Herald article ... I'd like one good photocopy. But eventually I am also interested in getting illustrations of best possibly quality of newspaper articles - of a number of articles in newspapers -- in "post-Trove" years.   I want best quality images to use on webpages. Does anyone know what's that best quality reproduction service that the newspapers offer. And what's the cost per such A4 photograph. And also, can they now do and sell you a high quality digital scan of whatever you specify. Any information on details of such services would be much appreciated and you can sent to me off-list at [email protected] [3] if preferred. Best Regards,   John (in Strathfield) ----- Original Message ----- From:[email protected] To: Cc: Sent:Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:38:50 +1100 Subject:[AUS-NSW] Herald Sun lookup Anyone on the list who has access to Herald Sun, or going to the Library, who can do a lookup for me PLEASE? Regards, Jill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/aboriginal_settlement_narrabeen_lagoon [2] http://epress.anu.edu.au/caepr_series/no_27/mobile_devices/ch09s02.html [3] mailto:[email protected]

Hi John that's a lot of information but you didn't give the key information required for a lookup. 1. Title of publication You say the clipping is from the Herald and the thread is the Herald Sun. I'm guessing that you mean the Sydney Morning Herald and not the Melbourne Herald Sun - is that right? 2. What was the headline of the article? If you don't know the headline, do you know the section? 3. Was there a byline? 4. Was there a page? If you don't have 2, 3 or 4 please transcribed EXACTLY the first sentence of the article. There are 254 items between 1955 and 1960 in the SMH/Sun Herald with the words "Narrabeen Lagoon" in them - mostly Family Notices and Classified ads - I'm happy to do a lookup but I'm not prepared to trawl through that many. Regards On 17/02/2013, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I'd appreciate help on a similar matter as well. > > I have an old newspaper article from the "Herald". > > Not *all* that old actually, as it's from other sources on the same > thing I know the event happened in 1957 or 1958 or 1959. > > The bit of paper is actually younger than I am. > > It is about the clearance of an aboriginal camp at the western end of > Narrabeen Lagoon .. see Dictionary of Sydney's account of such, here: > <clip> John > > (in Strathfield) >