Quoting from P. S. News. Edition Number 553. Updated Tuesday 30 May 2017. http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/553/news/referendum-website-has-the-numbers?utm_source=aps553&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news1&utm_campaign=newsletter_aps
Referendum website has the numbers
A new interactive website has been launched to tell the story of the 1967 Indigenous Referendum.
Developed by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and National and States Libraries Australasia (NSLA), the Right Wrongs website chronicles what happened in the lead up to 1967 and the events surrounding the Referendum, as well as what has happened in the 50 years since.
Chief Executive of AIATSIS, Craig Ritchie said the launch of the website celebrated many years of hard work by the project partners and communities around Australia.
“The project was an exciting opportunity for us to research, preserve and share some of the unique items from our collection,” Mr Ritchie said.
“We are very proud to be a part of this collaboration.”
Indigenous breakthrough online
He said the project had been an opportunity to focus on specific items, to talk to the people tied to them and to engage with other institutions to build links between collections.
“It has enabled us to activate the stories held in our collection in new ways,” he said.
Co-Project Manager of the NSLA Indigenous Working Group, Damien Webb said the five-year project made use of the “incredible archives of our State and national collecting institutions” to tell the complex stories of survival, strength and solidarity that surrounded the 1967 Referendum
“This collaboration shines a light into the forgotten corners of our archives and helps us to understand the state of Indigenous rights in Australia, from the perspectives of those who have fought so long for change and equality,” Mr Webb said.
Director of ABC Regional, Fiona Reynolds said the launch of Right Wrongs kicked off the ABC’s Our Focus: Reconciliation Week.
Ms Reynolds said the ABC valued the partnership with AIATSIS and NSLA which gave its content makers access to unique archival and contemporary stories, photos and videos.
The new Right Wrongs website can be accessed on the ABC website at this PS News http://www.abc.net.au/rightwrongs/ link
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