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The CHERBOURG MEMORY is produced and moderated by the Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group Inc. trading as The Ration Shed Museum – a heritage, educational and cultural centre in Cherbourg in South East Queensland, Australia. www.rationshed.com.au

It is based on the Timeline in the Ration Shed Museum.

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Moderated

The CHERBOURG MEMORY is a strictly moderated site – undertaken by Cherbourg Community elders. All comments, posts and links will be reviewed by us before publication.

Some of the archival materials on the site are of a sensitive nature, relating to clan and family histories. These will be password-controlled.

While the general public is free and encouraged to view and enjoy all the content on the site, it is an express condition of use of this site that all content is treated with full respect and that all posts, comments and links be created and added in a mindful and respectful manner.

We welcome interaction with users: we require that you identify yourself by creating an account with us, using your email address or through your Facebook login.

Copyright

The CHERBOURG MEMORY features images, voices, documents, music and sounds from a variety of sources. All rights to these media are held by the relevant agency and copyright strictly controlled and adhered to. None of the media on this site may be copied for any use whatsoever without prior written permission of the Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group Inc. and the relevant rights holders.

Produced by

Sandra Morgan
Mark Newman
Peter Trail
Robyn Hofmeyr
Robert Rocko Langton
The Ration Shed Committee
Adrian Anderson (Website Development)

Editorial team:

Lesley Williams
Jo Besley

Sources

The Dumping Ground by Thom Blake
(published – UQP, 2001)
Landscapes of Change by Dr Tony Matthews (published —South Burnett Local Gov. Assoc. 1997)
John Oxley Library
State Library of Queensland
Queensland Museum
National Film and Sound Archives
The Cherbourg Digital Project
Strong and Smart
Sandra Morgan
Robyn Hofmeyr
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
Fryer Library, UQ
Caroline Tennant-Kelly Collection
A Shankleton, Day Collection
Queensland Department of Native Affairs
Vock Collection
Brainwood Collection
Michael Aird
Hilda Secombe, Alterator Collection
National Library of Australia
Ration Shed Museum Archive

Family Albums of Cherbourg residents:
O’Chin Album
Ada Simpson Album

Contributors

The following have all contributed to the MEMORY and we acknowledge their contribution:
Lesley Williams
Jeanette Brown
Grace Stanley
Warry John Stanley
Grace Bond
Martina Jacobs
Robyn Hofmeyr
Ann Baillie
Tfer Newsome
Tim Dunn
Geoff Bonney, Ratartat
Peter Widmer, Ratartat

Yidding Artists, Cherbourg:
Robert Rocko Langton
Ricky Morgan
Robert Bond
Venus Rabbit
Robert Langton jnr
Jennifer Hart

Jo-Anne Driessens
Michael Aird
Radio USMob, Cherbourg
The Cherbourg State School
The Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council
The Bunya Wakka Wakka Cultural Heritage Corp.
Stronger Smarter Institute
Museum of Brisbane
Museum & Gallery Services, QLD
The Ration Shed Museum

We also wish to acknowledge the numerous photographers, filmmakers, archivists and historians who have created, conserved and made available the very rich content of the Cherbourg historical record.

Funders

Funding for the development of the first phase of the MEMORY was generously provided by:

  • ACICC of Tarong Coal (Rio Tinto)
  • Arts Queensland

Funding for the upgrade and web components of the CHERBOURG MEMORY was generously provided by:

  • The Indigenous and Traditional Culture Conservation Project of the Genographic Legacy Fund of National Geographic Society;
  • ICC – Indigenous Coordination Centre, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs of the Australian Federal Government;
  • Indigenous Regional Arts Development Fund (IRADF)
  • The Clermont Aboriginal Development Fund

Decade by Decade

A look at life in Cherbourg from the 1800s through to present day View the slideshow


Timelines

Some of the important themes that have shaped life in Cherbourg View the timelines


The Cherbourg Memory is an initiative of the Rationshed Museum and brings together the photos, videos, oral history recordings, documents and other artifacts of our lives on this settlement. It a website, an archive, an educational resource, a recording project, a research data-base, a store of the people’s stories and an interactive space for comments and engagement. We encourage the people of Cherbourg, the Indigenous communities in Australia and others who have experience of our settlement to help us create a living archive of Barambah-Cherbourg. So find out a little more about the Cherbourg Memory, discover how you can Participate, or find out how you can Contribute to the development of the Cherbourg Memory.

A Rationshed Museum initiative
www.rationshed.com.au

Disclaimer and Warning. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island viewers are advised this site contains images of deceased persons. Whilst we have taken every precaution, it may be that we inadvertently post an image or document which offends or is incorrect. If this occurs, please advise us and we shall immediately rectify the error.