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Family Records Unit
Personal Family History
Research Application
Application for
Personal Family History Research
Thank you for your enquiry regarding the records of the Aborigines Welfare
Board (formerly known as the Aborigines Protection Board). The Board
operated from 1883 to 1969, and was the main NSW State Government
agency responsible for implementing and administering legislation and
policies affecting Aboriginal people throughout the State.
Due to the personal and sensitive nature of the information pertained in the
records many of the records are closed to public access. Access to these
records is administered by the Family Records Unit of Aboriginal Affairs NSW.
Please be advised that we cannot guarantee that there are records for the
names listed on your application.
To assist us in processing your application it is important to link you to the
names listed on your application. The following list of supporting documents
must be included with your application:
For You
Birth certificate
Marriage
certificate
Driver’s licence
Birth certificate(s)
Marriage
certificates
Death certificates
Your
Grandparents
Birth certificate(s)
Marriage
certificate
Death certificates
(if deemed appropriate)
(if deemed appropriate)
Your Parents
Your Great
Grandparents
Birth certificate(s)
Marriage
certificate
Death certificate
If your application is for the purpose of assisting you in putting together your
family history and/or tree we strongly suggest that you first start with yourself,
your parent(s); your grandparents(s) and great grandparents(s) to see if
records are been located. Please do not include names of non-Aboriginal
people on your application as the records relate to Aboriginal people only.
If you are nominating someone to apply and act on your behalf you must
complete the [1] research declaration form; [2] granting permission to a
researcher to access records of a living person or your personal information
form and [3] granting permission to a researcher to access records of a
deceased person form.
Your application should be sent to the Family Records Unit to:
Level 13, Tower B, Centennial Plaza
280 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call the Family Records
Unit on (02) 9219 0700 or toll free on 1800 019 998.
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Research Declaration Form
This declaration is to be signed by person/s wishing to access and obtain copies of
records from the Aborigines Welfare Board (formerly known as the Aborigines
Protection Board) and Chief Secretary.
I
(insert full name of researcher)
of
(insert address of researcher)
declare that in my use of information obtained from the records from the Aborigines
Welfare Board (formerly known as the Aborigines Protection Board) and Chief
Secretary:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Should I find among the records any details which could cause pain and
embarrassment to any persons, living or deceased, I will keep them strictly
confidential, and not make use of them without the written approval of the
individual, their family (in the case of deceased persons) or of the Chief
Executive Officer of Aboriginal Affairs NSW.
I will not disclose the contents of a personal file to other person/s without the
written consent of the subject of the file or where deceased, the oldest living
relative of the individual, or Aboriginal Affairs;
If I am undertaking a formal research project, I will provide Aboriginal Affairs
NSW with a copy of my research report upon completion of the research
project. This report will not be published, exhibited or shown in any form
unless the Agency is satisfied that it does not identify individual recorded
subjects;
I will comply with all of the administrative guidelines in respect of access to
archival records, as stipulated by Aboriginal Affairs NSW.
Signature:
(signature of researcher)
Telephone No:
Date:
/
/
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Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Research Request Form
Applicant’s Name:
Postal Address:
To assist us in processing your application we ask that you please provide as much information as possible for each name listed for research in the following two
tables.
First
Name
Middle
Name
Family
Name
Maiden
Name
Your
relationship
with this
person
Date or Year
of Birth
Birthplace
(if known)
Date or Year
of Death
(if applicable)
Places/locations of
Interest
(where person lived and/or
worked or where person
moved to)
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Granting permission to a researcher to access the records of a living
person(s) or your personal information in the records of the Aborigines
Welfare Board (formerly known as Aborigines Protection Board) and Chief
Secretary
If you are researching a person who is still alive other than yourself, you must get them to
sign this form to give you permission to access information about them.
You will also need to complete this form if you are giving someone permission to access
your personal information. This could include a researcher, a family member or a
Link-Up case worker.
I
(insert name of person being researched)
of
(insert address of person being researched)
I hereby give my permission for
(insert researcher’s name)
to access my personal information, if any, pertained in the Aborigines Welfare
Board (formerly known as Aborigines Protection Board) and Chief Secretary
Signature:
(signature of person being researched)
Telephone No:
Date:
/
/
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Granting permission to a researcher to access the records of a
deceased person(s) in the records of the Aborigines Welfare Board
(formerly known as Aborigines Protection Board) and Chief Secretary
If you have not been able to provide sufficient documentation to link you to the names
listed on your application for research you will be required to obtain permission from
the oldest living relative of the deceased person(s)
I
(insert name of oldest living relative)
of
(insert address of oldest living relative)
am the oldest living relative of the following person(s)
No
Name
Relationship
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2
3
4
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(clearly state the name of, and your relationship to, the deceased person/s)
I hereby give my permission for
(insert researcher’s name)
to access information relating to the above person(s), if any, pertained in the
Aborigines Welfare Board (formerly known as Aborigines Protection Board) and
Chief Secretary
Signature:
(signature of person being researched)
Telephone No:
Date:
/
/
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Notes
This page can be used for any additional information that you wish to provide that will assist
us in identifying if records located relate to your application.
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