Collection Summary
- Creator
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National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association
- Title
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Records of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA)
- Date Range
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1973-2009
- Collection Number
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MS Acc10.002, MS Acc13.113
- Extent
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7.53 metres (33 ms boxes + 1 large elephant folio + 1 folder)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS Acc10.002 comprises Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Scheme (AISDS) annual reports, correspondence, academic reports, promotional material, press releases, policy, international tour files, structure and history files, and curriculum course structures; National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) annual reports, business plan, council papers, minutes, office and hostel accounts, ephemera and other promotional materials and publications, slides, videos and DVDs, correspondence, curriculum, policy and procedures files, minutes and agenda papers for Development Board, Academic Board, administrative staff, and annual general meetings, student handbooks and information packs; Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT) handbooks, ephemera, annual reports, performance programmes, production notes and proposals, student reports; Bangarra media and international tour files; newsletters including AIM, Black News Service, Care, Connect, AIDT and NAISDA; records relating to funding bodies such as Aboriginal Arts Board, New South Wales Ministry for the Arts, DCITA, Aboriginal Affairs; correspondence, notes and tour files of Carole Johnson (33 boxes, 1 large elephant folio roll).
MS Acc13.113 contains six proof-sheets of medium format (120) black & white photographs taken by Rod Vickers of "The Ballet of the South Pacific" arranged and directed by Beth Dean and Victor Carell. The collection also contains twelve 8" x 10" black & white enlargements of these proof-sheets, four of which are mounted on black board; a print-out of the Wikipedia entry for David Gulpilil; photocopies of newspaper clippings of "The Ballet of the South Pacific" performance showing Rod Vickers' photographs; two strips of medium format (120) black & white negatives and 1 strip of medium format (120) colour transparencies of David Gulpilil teaching Novosibirsk Ballet about Aboriginal music and dance (1 folder).
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4982070).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association, National Library of Australia, [class/series/ file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Collection Retrieval Advice
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Item Descriptions
Class MS Acc10.002. Consignment received January 2010
This consigment comprises Islander Skills Development Scheme (AISDS) annual reports, correspondence, academic reports, promotional material, press releases, policy, international tour files, structure and history files, and curriculum course structures; National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) annual reports, business plan, council papers, minutes, office and hostel accounts, ephemera and other promotional materials and publications, slides, videos and DVDs, correspondence, curriculum, policy and procedures files, minutes and agenda papers for Development Board, Academic Board, administrative staff, and annual general meetings, student handbooks and information packs; Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT) handbooks, ephemera, annual reports, performance programmes, production notes and proposals, student reports; Bangarra media and international tour files; newsletters including AIM, Black News Service, Care, Connect, AIDT and NAISDA; records relating to funding bodies such as Aboriginal Arts Board, New South Wales Ministry for the Arts, DCITA, Aboriginal Affairs; correspondence, notes and tour files of Carole Johnson.
This material is contained in 33 boxes + 1 large elephant folio (MS Acc10.002, Boxes 1-14, 18, 25-35, 37-42, 53-54).
Books touring and access including correspondence, end of year show (File) - Box 1
Internal office accounts and hostel accounts, 1984 (File) - Box 1
includes policy documents
Procedures and processes, 1983+ (File) - Box 1
Policy procedures and processes, 1984-1985 (File) - Box 2
[End of year shows, student curriculum, policy etc], 1983- (File) - Box 2
Minutes, policy, 1973, 198- (File) - Box 3
NAISDA Diploma in Dance (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) (File) - Box 3
Remote area teaching tour report - 19 May-17 June 1996 South Australia, 1996 (File) - Box 3
Remote area teaching tour - Torres Strait Islanders/Cairns report 1994, 1994 (File) - Box 3
Board minutes (not complete), 2003+ (File) - Box 4
Promotional and advertising ephemera for NAISDA and Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre (File) - Box 4
includes dance programs, flyers, college brochures, marketing material, Silver Jubilee programme, student guides
Teaching material, curriculum notes (File) - Box 4
AISDS annual report, 1978 (File) - Box 5
AISDS structure, n.d. (File) - Box 5
Board minutes and agenda papers, 1983-1986 (File) - Box 5
not complete
Board minutes and agendas (member copies), 1985-1987 (File) - Box 5
not complete
History of AISDS, post 1987 (File) - Box 5
review of Careers in Dance (no title)
NAISDA newsletters (File) - Box 5
Aboriginal and Islander Message [serial], 197- (File) - Box 6
Development Board minutes and agenda, 1981-1983 (File) - Box 6
Development Board minutes and agenda, April 1984-Dec 1985 (File) - Box 6
Board meeting 1989, includes financial statements 1987, 1989 (File) - Box 7
Development Board minutes and agenda, Aug 1981-Jun 1984 (File) - Box 7
Development Board minutes and agenda, 1988- (File) - Box 7
"The Traditional Music of the Australian Aborigines" by Trevor A Jones (File) - Box 8
photocopy
2nd AGM agenda and meeting papers, 1991 (File) - Box 8
3rd AGM agenda and meeting papers and minutes, 1994 (File) - Box 8
5th AGM agenda and meeting papers, 1998 (File) - Box 8
Black books catalogues 1984 1992, 1984, 1992 (File) - Box 8
not complete
Board meetings - minutes and agenda papers, 1990-1991 (File) - Box 8
NAISDA annual reports, 2000, 2008-2009 (File) - Box 8
NAISDA structure and funding review 2000 (draft also discussion paper), 2000 (File) - Box 8
NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc - rules of the association (File) - Box 8
Student handbooks, 1991-2000 (File) - Box 8
not complete
Academic Board meetings minutes and agenda papers, 1995-2003 (File) - Box 9
not complete
Board meetings and AGM - minutes and agenda papers, 1998-2004 (File) - Box 9
not complete
Academic Board meetings (File) - Box 10
Annual reports (NAISDA), 1983, 1998,1999 (File) - Box 10
NAISDA admin staff meetings (File) - Box 10
NAISDA college accreditation document 1, c.1995 (File) - Box 10
contains administrative history
NAISDA promotion general (File) - Box 10
NAISDA publications - includes marketing packs, programs, including Silver Jubilee program 2001 and Aboriginal Island Dance Theatre, 199- (File) - Box 10
NAISDA Strategic Directions Plan, 2003 (File) - Box 10
Student information pack, 1999 (File) - Box 10
FIA EP (Federation of Independent Aboriginal Education providers) meetings (File) - Box 11
NAISDA admin staff meetings (File) - Box 11
Australian Centre for Arts Education File (File) - Box 12
Correspondence, 1975-1979 (File) - Box 12
Internal memos, 1999-2000 (File) - Box 12
Leichhardt Municipal Council (File) - Box 12
Raymond Sawyer teacher (File) - Box 12
Staff meetings (NAISDA) (File) - Box 12
Student report Mornington Island study tour (File) - Box 12
University/Colleges file (File) - Box 12
Raymond Blanco (File) - Box 13
AISDS academic report, 1975 (File) - Box 14
AISDS annual report, 1974 (File) - Box 14
AISDS important events, 1979 (File) - Box 14
AISDS petition, 1975 (File) - Box 14
AISDS promotional material, 1979 (File) - Box 14
AISDS proposal June 1980 Associate Diploma status, 1980 (File) - Box 14
AISDS reviews/policy, press releases, 1971-1984 (File) - Box 14
Business plan, 1998 (File) - Box 14
Graduation programs, 1979 & 1983 (File) - Box 14
Master filing system NAISDA (File) - Box 14
NAISDA Trackin' program, 1980 (File) - Box 14
NAISDA newsletter "NAISDA News" (File) - Box 14
not complete
Operational plan, 1993-1995 (File) - Box 14
Songlines DVDs - four parts, 1980-2006 (File) - Box 14
Song lines DVD 1 Cultural Residencies (Item NLA.MS-VID000901) - Digital-Carriers-Box 115
1 item, DVD
Songlines DVD 2 Blackout, ABC TV, november 1989 'kayn walu' special, Nov-89 (Item NLA.MS-VID000902) - Digital-Carriers-Box 115
1 item, DVD
Songlines DVD 3 No answer NAISDA dance college end of year show, 2006, 2006 (Item NLA.MS-VID000903) - Digital-Carriers-Box 115
1 item, DVD
Songlines DVD 4 Excerpts from Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Scheme, promotional video 1980. Aboriginal & Islander Dance- The company in colours, 1980 (Item NLA.MS-VID000904) - Digital-Carriers-Box 115
1 item, DVD
Strategic planning Oct 1998, 1998 (File) - Box 14
Ephemera, posters (NAISDA) (File) - Box 18, Elephant-Folio 19
poster roll
Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT) - press reviews 1988, Spoleto Festival (File) - Box 25
AIDT Annual reports, 1984-1985 (File) - Box 25
AIDT Annual reports, 1987-1988 (File) - Box 25
AIDT ephemera, 1987 (File) - Box 25
AIDT handbook, 1979 (File) - Box 25
AIDT peformance programs, student handbooks, submission, publications, 1986 (File) - Box 25
AIDT production notes and proposals, 1977 (File) - Box 25
AIDT programs (File) - Box 25
NAISDA annual reports, 1983, 1998, 2000 (File) - Box 25
NAISDA emphemera, 1998-2000 (File) - Box 25
AIDT, 1984, 1982, 1981 (File) - Box 26
AIDT annual report working papers including auditors statements, reports, student reports (requires preservation and rehousing), 1978 (File) - Box 26
AIDT grant applications and submissions, 1982 1988, 1989 (File) - Box 26
AIDT submissions and reports, 1979 (File) - Box 26
AIDT tour notes, curriculum papers, submissions, 1980 (File) - Box 26
AIDT annual report working papers including auditors statements, reports, student reports, 1982/1983, 1984/1985 (File) - Box 27
NAISDA Council agenda papers and minutes, 1989 (File) - Box 28
NAISDA curriculum, 2005-006 (File) - Box 28
NAISDA operational and business plans and planning, 1983, 1990-1991 (File) - Box 28
AITSIS Arts Board - grants - general purpose grants (File) - Box 29
NAISDA Academic Board agendas, 1988 (File) - Box 29
NAISDA AGM minutes, 1988 (File) - Box 29
NAISDA Council agenda papers and minutes, Jun 1992-Dec 1993 (File) - Box 29
NAISDA staff duty statements (File) - Box 29
AIDT publicity V program notes (File) - Box 30
Bangarra international tour files (File) - Box 30
Bangarra media files (File) - Box 30
Dance co-development (File) - Box 30
Job descriptions (File) - Box 30
NAISDA Council agenda papers and minutes, 32356 (File) - Box 30
NAISDA programs, 1988-1989 (File) - Box 30
Aboriginal arts board - agendas, 1975 (File) - Box 31
Aboriginal Tertiary Preparation Course - curricula (File) - Box 31
AISDS - [correspondence] (File) - Box 31
Bangarra Dance Theatre Trust (File) - Box 31
Bicentennial preparation, c1985 (File) - Box 31
Staff dance biographies (File) - Box 31
Staff meetings (NAISDA) (File) - Box 31
[Carole's tour files], 1972, 1976,1981 (File) - Box 32
1975 workshop [Carole's research files 1988] (File) - Box 32
Aboriginal Arts Board meetings papers, minutes (File) - Box 32
AISDS international tours - Memphis, 1985 (File) - Box 32
AISDS trial balance (File) - Box 32
Duran Duran [serial], 1978-1979 (File) - Box 32
NAISDA business plan, 1988 (File) - Box 32
Readings in dance history (File) - Box 32
[Press releases and sponsorship] (File) - Box 33
Aboriginal Arts Board meeting agenda, minutes, 1974-1975 (File) - Box 33
AIM [Aboriginal and Islander newsletter] (File) - Box 33
Black news service, 1975 (File) - Box 33
CARE newsletter (File) - Box 33
Connect newsletter, 1981 (File) - Box 33
Media support group - music support group - dance performing (File) - Box 33
Sylvia Blanco (File) - Box 33
[International tours - 9 files], 1980s (File) - Box 34
[Outgoing mail], 1980s (File) - Box 34
AIM newsletters, 1980s (File) - Box 34
AISDS - proposal to Dept of Aboriginal Affairs, 1983 (File) - Box 34
Chairperson - letters, notes (File) - Box 34
Library, 1984 (File) - Box 34
Merv [Donovan] - memos (File) - Box 34
Untitled directors file - 1973, 1973 (File) - Box 35
Untitled directors files [early history ?] (File) - Box 35
Aboriginal Arts Board - board proposals (File) - Box 37
AISDS - course development training programs - Part 1 (File) - Box 37
AISDS - recruitment tour, 1979 (File) - Box 37
Curriculum course structure (File) - Box 37
HEB accreditation course (File) - Box 37
NAISDA annual report, 1999 (File) - Box 37
Susanne Kenny [4 files] - Part F, E, C, A (File) - Box 38
NAISDA AGM Minutes, 1996 (File) - Box 39
NAISDA aims and objectives policy, 1989 (File) - Box 39
NAISDA statistical reports - meetings file, 1989 (File) - Box 39
NAISDA strategic planning (File) - Box 39
Senior mangement meetings (File) - Box 39
Staff meetings (File) - Box 39
Staff meetings (NAISDA), 1990-2000 (File) - Box 39
Support letters, 2001 (File) - Box 39
Aboriginal Arts Unit (File) - Box 40
Aboriginal Arts Unit (File) - Box 40
Aboriginal Arts Unit (File) - Box 40
Minutes of meetings (NAISDA) (File) - Box 40
Aboriginal Arts Board funding arts file (File) - Box 41
NSW Ministry for the Arts (File) - Box 41
Performing Arts Link (File) - Box 41
NSW Ministry for the Arts (File) - Box 42
NSW Ministry for the Arts (File) - Box 42
[Strategy development papers], 1980s (File) - Box 53
Aboriginalisation - corresondence (File) - Box 53
Aboriginalisation - meeting at medical school (File) - Box 53
Buildings (premises), 1980s (File) - Box 53
Carole Johnson - corresondence (File) - Box 53
Company planning, 1988 (File) - Box 53
Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs (Federal), 1984 (File) - Box 53
Videos and slides, 2001 (File) - Box 54
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee, 2001? (Item NLA.MS-SAV013227) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-029
1 item, Unbranded, Pro formats - Betacam, Betacam SP etc
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. R#1 CAM 1. 15/03/2001 (or 5/05/2001?). Tape 1, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013228) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, JVC Mini DV LP mode 90ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
Christine and Gary La?
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. R#2 CAM 1. Tape 2, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013229) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, Panasonic Mini DV 63ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. R#2 Cam 1. Tape 3, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013230) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, JVC Mini DV 60ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
Monica
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. R#2 Tape 4, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013231) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, Panasonic Mini DV 63ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
Sarah and Mickey S-J
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. R#3 Tape 5, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013232) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, JVC Mini DV 60ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
after Sarah and Mickey
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. 15/03/2001. #4A Tape 6, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013233) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, JVC Mini DV 60ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee. R#1A Cam 2 #5A-5B. Tape 7, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013234) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, JVC Mini DV 60ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
NAISDA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee, 2001 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013235) - Cassette-Box 636
1 item, Panasonic Mini DV 63ME, Microcassette / mini cassette
CD/DVD ROMs, 2002-2005 (File) - Box 54
Photos - Show (Item NLA.MS-DM004531) - Digital-Carriers-Box 94
1 item, Imation, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
18-20 August 2002 TGU at NAISDA, Sydney, 2002 (Item NLA.MS-DM004532) - Digital-Carriers-Box 94
1 item, Unbranded, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Movies only playable with MSN Windows media player
2002 TGU at NAISDA, Sydney, 2002 (Item NLA.MS-DM004533) - Digital-Carriers-Box 94
1 item, Unbranded, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Movies only playable with MSN Windows media player
Class MS Acc13.113. Consignment received June 2013
This consignment contains six proof-sheets of medium format (120) black & white photographs taken by Rod Vickers of "The Ballet of the South Pacific" arranged and directed by Beth Dean and Victor Carell. The collection also contains twelve 8" x 10" black & white enlargements of these proof-sheets, four of which are mounted on black board; a print-out of the Wikipedia entry for David Gulpilil; photocopies of newspaper clippings of "The Ballet of the South Pacific" performance showing Rod Vickers' photographs; two strips of medium format (120) black & white negatives and 1 strip of medium format (120) colour transparencies of David Gulpilil teaching Novosibirsk Ballet about Aboriginal music and dance.
This material is contained in 1 folder (MS Acc13.113 Piece 1).