Image of the Australian aboriginal in illustrated newspapers, 1853-1897

The purpose of this study was to list and describe all images, including cartoons, of Indigenous people between the given dates in a sample of newspapers from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Related textual information was also included.

The resulting computer-readable text file contains a standardised entry for each image. Descriptive fields include the title and date of the newspaper, title of the image and page on which it is located, name of artist/engraver/photographer, size of image, description of scene (activity/background/dress/ accessories), title and author of related text, location and name of tribe, type of image (advertisement, cartoon etc.), city of origin of newspaper, and related information.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, researchers and other users should be aware that material in this dataset may contain material that is considered offensive. The data has been retained in its original format because it represents an evidential record of language, beliefs or other cultural situations at a point in time.

Dataset ID:

au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00115

Principal Investigator:

Maynard, M.

Subject:

Australian studies

Social classes, Social order

Ethnic minorities (including Australian aboriginal)

Keywords:

Document Description

The Document Description consists of bibliographic information describing the DDI-compliant document itself as a whole.

Document Title:

Image of the Australian aboriginal in illustrated newspapers, 1853-1897

Document ID:

au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00115

Production

Producers:

Producer:

Australian Data Archive

Abbreviation:

ADA

Affiliation:

The Australian National University

Production Software:

Software:

Nesstar Publisher

Software Version:

3.54

Release Date:

21 Feb 2008

Production Place:

Australian Data Archive 18 Balmain Crescent Canberra ACT 0200

Production Date:

31 Jan 2005

Version Statement

Date:

2 Mar 2011

Bibliographic Citation:

Maynard, M. Image of the Australian aboriginal in illustrated newspapers, 1853-1897 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, 2011.

Study Description

The Study Description consists of information about the data collection, study, or compilation that the DDI-compliant documentation file describes. This section includes information about how the study should be cited, who collected or compiled the data, who distributes the data, keywords about the content of the data, summary (abstract) of the content of the data, data collection methods and processing, etc. Note that some content of the Study Description's Citation -- e.g., Responsibility Statement -- may be identical to that of the Documentation Citation. This is usually the case when the producer of a data collection also produced the print or electronic codebook for that data collection.

Production

Production Software:

Software:

Nesstar Publisher

Version:

3.54

Date:

Thu, 02/21/2008

Production Date:

Mon, 01/31/2005

Distribution

Distributors

Distributor:

The Australian National University

Abbreviation:

ADA

Version Statement

Version:

Version 1.2

Responsibility Statement:

Australian Data Archive

Date:

Wed, 03/02/2011

Notes:

Version 1.2 supersedes version 1.1 of 31-01-2005 and makes the data file available to Nesstar

Study Information

Universe:

images of the Aboriginal in illustrated newspapers from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide, 1853-1897

Methodology

Data Collector:

Birgit Culloty

Sampling Procedure:

no sampling (total universe)

Mode of Data Collection:

content analysis

Cleaning Operations:

The data were checked by the archive for missing variable and value labels, out of range values and wild codes, logical inconsistencies, and confidentiality.

Class of the Study:

Level 2

Data Access

Access Conditions:

The depositor may be informed (by the archive) of use being made of the data, in order to comment on that use and make contact with colleagues of similar interests.

Citation Requirements:

All manuscripts based in whole or in part on these data should:

(i) identify the data and original investigators by using the recommended bibliographic reference to the data file

(ii) acknowledge the Australian Data Archive and, where the data are made available through the Australian Data Archive by another archive, acknowledge that archive;

Maynard, M. Image of the Australian aboriginal in illustrated newspapers, 1853-1897 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, 2011.

(iii) declare that those who carried out the original analysis and collection of the data bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of them.

Deposit Requirements:

In order to assemble essential information about the use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about users' research activities, individuals are required to email ADA (ada@anu.edu.au) with the bibliographic details and, where available, online links to any published work (including journal articles, books or book chapters, conference presentations, theses or any other publication or outputs) based wholly or in part on the material

Disclaimer:

Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depoitor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be help responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.