[UMA-SRE-20140117] Aboriginal Liaison Office Correspondence Subject Files

Description

IdentifierUMA-SRE-20140117Extent12 boxesLinear Meterage1.49Scope and ContentThe first Aboriginal Liaison Officer, Ms. Destiny Deacon, was employed from November 1975 to April 1976. The second incumbent was Mrs. Eleanor Koumalatsos, who was appointed on 1st February 1977 until July 1980. The work of the Aboriginal Liaison Officer was based on a policy of positive discrimination in favour of Aboriginal students and employees and to implement the University's policy on the employment of Aboriginal Australians. The University Council policy is to take special measures in relation to students of Aboriginal descent and with respect to the employment of persons of Aboriginal descent so as to secure their equal employment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedom. The Aboriginal Liaison Officer’s role was to liaise between the University Departments and the Aboriginal community and to keep Aborigines informed of job vacancies. The University has a policy that one percent of University general staff be made up of Aborigines. The Aboriginal Liaison Officer also provided training programs and assisted students in gaining special entry to courses where special consideration needed to be exercised. The correspondence subject files used by the Aboriginal Liaison Officer cover seven subject areas: 1. Aboriginal Education; 2. Educational Institutions; 3. Government Departments; 4. Aboriginal Organisations; 5. University of Melbourne; 6. [unnamed] and 7. [unnamed]. The policy files such as the Aboriginal Liaison Officer Reports, Inwards and Outwards Correspondence files are found under Category 5: University of Melbourne. The two unnamed categories cover miscellaneous topics outside the main categories or papers never filed onto appropriate file/subject. Note that a new filing system was introduced into the Aboriginal Liaison Office in 1984. The system is a continuation of this group of correspondence subject files although the subject areas have been slightly modified and expanded. The files cover the central function of the Aboriginal Liaison Office, for instance, Aboriginal Liaison Officers' reports; Aboriginal education; scholarships and funding; original papers; significant conferences; employment initiatives; employment policies; incoming correspondence; reports; services for Aboriginal students; University policy matters; newspaper clippings; representation on committees etc.Archival HistoryOnly 11 Units recorded on Finding Aid list - noted 26/06/2023Collection CategoryUniversity, officialAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this SeriesSearch within this Series

Provenance

CreatorAboriginal Liaison Office (The University of Melbourne)

Dates

Date1977-1983

Description Control

Previous System ID2014.0117Records Services IDUM411Descriptive NoteYes listed ONLINE

Relationships

Feature CollectionRecords of the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne Archives

Archives

Menu

[UMA-SRE-20140117] Aboriginal Liaison Office Correspondence Subject Files