Acknowledgements
This website is presented as a homage to the Sydney Aboriginal people’s knowledge, culture, and land in 1788–1791 — and still very much alive today. It is also presented in tribute to William Dawes’ skills and humanity.
Project staff:
Project co-ordinator | David Nathan |
Joint co-ordinator | Susannah Rayner |
Corpus design, transcription, markup | Stuart Brown |
Photographer | Christy Henshaw |
Web design | Nancia Guivarra |
Additional research | Michael Franjieh |
Technical support | Tom Castle |
Proofing | Jeremy Steele, David Seton |
Thanks
The project co-ordinators would like to extend their thanks to the following people for their expressions of support and contributions of various kinds that made this website and its companion book possible:
Prue Adams Chris Burke Paul Caine Gayle Caldwell Cathy Eatock Kristina Everett Richard Green Nancia Guivarra Christie Henshaw Paul Hodge Jim Kohen Cat Kutay Sandra Lee Terry Lee Allen Madden | David Nash Susan Page Nikki Parsons-Gardner Mari Rhydwen Anthony Seiver David Seton Rosemary Seton Michael Sillelidis Jeremy Steele Jacinta Tobin Jaky Troy Michael Walsh Aunty Edna Watson Gail Whiteford |
Funding and resouces
The co-ordinators gratefully acknowledge funding, equipment and other resources received from:
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Aboriginal Affairs, NSW | ![]() |
Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project, SOAS |
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Darug Tribal Aboriginal Corporation | ![]() |
SOAS Multimedia Board |