Accessing State Records on Aboriginal People‪.‬

Over the last decade, archives and records offices in Australia have been developing initiatives to provide Indigenous Australians access to records that relate to them. These records are also of interest to researchers of Aboriginal history and cultures and other related areas. The challenge Marcia Langton refers to in the quote above has been taken up generally in a climate of goodwill, though progress overall is slow. This chapter outlines a number of issues that are important in meeting these challenges, from my perspective as the Senior Aboriginal Project Officer, State Records, South Australia. These include: the importance of indexing, including Aboriginal people in advisory capacities, outreach activities, and the production of useful resources. The Value of Indexing