First Nations keeping places - a proposal
[The following is a letter to nobody promoting the idea of a South Coast keeping place] I would like to raise with you the subject of keeping places; specifically a Shoalhaven keeping place. Based on my experience gained whilst working in the Illawara since the 1980s through to the end of the 2010 and knowledge of the archives, art gallery and museum (GLAM) environment, I have a few things to say. Now, to date these things have been very difficult to achieve it's mostly been land, councils working with local councils talking about such things, for example, development, or come up. Um, some artifacts some archaeological digs might take place at around that there's a collection of artifacts and these are often just End up with individual Aboriginal people in their garage in the backyard, whatever. So there's no rule. Care. Professional care of these artifacts of this material. There's no real access to the wider Community to these material. That could be jus...