Families & heroes: George Nelson & the international pathways of an Aboriginal family history

Project Member(s): Goodall, H.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander Studies

Start year: 2010

Summary: George Nelson has lived an extraordinary life, as a highly successful professional athlete; but he is also the nephew & grandson respectively of renowned activists Shadrach James, Ada cooper & thomas James of Cummeragunja. As well as a story of passionate commitment to justice, this Aboriginal history includes Thomas James' childhood on Mauritius, where he grew up as Shadrach Thomas James Peersaheb a Muslim within the Peersaheb family, the son of an official interpreter. George Nelson's search for his family history, in Australia & Mauritius, is the core of this project.

Publications:

Goodall, H 2023, 'Barka: The Forgotten River exhibition Barka: The Forgotten River , developed by Uncle Badger Bates and Justine Muller with the Barkandji community, Australian Museum, until 23 July 2023.', History Australia, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 438-439.
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Goodall, H 2023, 'Diane Kirkby, Lee-Ann Monk and Dmytro Ostapenko give a global view of maritime unions grappling with rapid change Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific: True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights, 1906-2006 , by Diane Kirkby with Lee-Ann Monk and Dmytro Ostapenko, Liverpool, UK, Liverpool University Press, 2022, 352 pp., $AU293 (hbk), ISBN 9781802077193, Publisher’s website: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk', Informa UK Limited, pp. 596-598.
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FOR Codes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History, Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History), Asian History, Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage, Conserving Intangible Cultural Heritage, Understanding Asia's Past, Australian history , Understanding Asia¿¿¿s past, Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and culture

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.