Introduction
The State Library and Archives of Tasmania provides a wide range of records and resources on Tasmania’s history. These collections help people to investigate many areas of interest, including family history and social, cultural, and community research. We offer access to documents, publications, and archival materials through our services. These research tools can assist in understanding Tasmania’s past and Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
What’s available online?
- Online library resources about Tasmanian Aboriginal people, including some images
- Aboriginal establishment, Oyster Cove, reports made by the visiting Magistrate, Surgeon and Chaplain when making calls to the establishment, 1855 – 1869 (CSO89)
- Correspondence concerning the administration of Cape Barren Island (LSD51)
- The register of children admitted to the Orphan School (SWD28) and applications to the Orphan School (SWD26) has references to Aboriginal children
- 1830-1833 Minutes of the Committee for the Care and Treatment of Captured Aborigines (CBE1)
- Documenting Tasmanian Aboriginal descent
