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From: "Richard W. Hinde" <>
Subject: Genealogy records
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 06:45:36 -0400

Morning All;

I hadn't seen any mention of this on either list so I thought I'd pass
it along as it might be of some interest. This article came from the
"Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter" by Richard Eastman:
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Government Buys Genealogy Records* * *

It isn't often that we hear of a government paying significant money to
obtain genealogy records and pictures. Then again, Jan Goodacre's
collection was not your ordinary collection.

The Western Australian Government has purchased what is being described
as the most significant private collection of Aboriginal records and
photographs in Australia. The 74,000 individual records and more than
7,000 photographs were gathered over 30 years by Northam genealogist Jan
Goodacre. The State Government, with help from the Commonwealth, has
paid $300,000 Australian (roughly $232,000 in U.S. funds) for the material.

Community Development Minister Sheila McHale says the collection
includes invaluable information for Aboriginal people throughout the
state. The Western Australian Government will make this material
accessible through the family information bureau in the department for
community development. It will be available to help Western Australian
Aboriginal people research family trees.

Regards,

Richard Hinde
Louisa, Virginia

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