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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Emma Lee Interviewed by Peter Read and Jackie Huggins
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'Lee talks about her family ancestry and upbringing in Tasmania; coming to Canberra to study archaeology at the Australian National University in the 1990s and establishing a consultancy company in Sydney in partnership with another archaeologist. She then discusses Aboriginality; regionalism; compartmentalization of identity; family based divisions within the Indigenous community; relationship between her Aboriginality and archaeology and her views of the future for herself and Indigenous Australians in general.' (Interview summary)

Notes

  • Recorded 16 March 1998

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: National Library of Australia , 1998 .
      Extent: 195 minp.
      Note/s:
      • Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 68 leaves)

      Series: Seven Years On : Continuing Life Histories of Aboriginal Leaders Oral History Project National Library of Australia (publisher), 1995 series - publisher interview 'A set of interviews with established or emerging leaders in the Australian Aboriginal community to initially discuss their background, current work, personal views on how and why Aboriginal affairs have changed in their lifetime, and future changes needed or expected. A series of follow-up interviews will be held at intervals of seven years to discuss changes in Aboriginal affairs in the intervening period, the impact of these changes personally and professsionally, how their views may have changed, and their expectations for the future.' Source: Libraries Australia (Sighted 13/12/2007).
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