Cummings, Barbara (1948-)

Also known as
Bartels, Barbara (1948-)
Cummings, Barbara
Field of activity
Aboriginal welfare worker, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Writer
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35817398
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-571060

Biographies

Barbara Cummings, a member of the Stolen Generations, was brought up in the Retta Dixon Home. She graduated in social work and community development before working with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Northern Territory Government. She was involved with a number of organisations in a voluntary capacity and played a crucial role in the establishment of Karu, the Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agency in Darwin. In 1991 Cummings received the Aboriginal of the Year award. She is the author of Take This Child which exposes the history of the removal of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory.

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Resources for Barbara Cummings

Selected resources (3)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Talking historyOur land is our life: land rights: past, present and future Galarrwuy Yunupingu 188-194 : Talking history
    Cummings, Barbara
    [1997]
    Published: University of Queensland Press
  2. The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations
    Briskman, Linda
    [2003]
    Published: The Federation
  3. Murawina : Australian women of high achievement
    Roberta Sykes ; photography by Sandy Edwards
    [1993]
    Published: Doubleday

Resources by Barbara Cummings (5)

  1. Take this child .. : from Kahlin Compound to the Retta Dixon Children's Home / Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara, 1948-
    [ Book : 1990 ]
    At 107 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.953)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.953)

  2. Talking history / Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara, 1948-
    [ Book : 1997 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.619)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.619)

  3. Retta Dixon Children's Home / Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara, 1948-
    [ Thesis : 1980 ]
    At CDU Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.118)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.118)

  4. Family culture and bureaucracy : a cross cultural perspective on the delivery of family services in the Northern Territory : the Sixth Alicia Johnson Memorial Lecture presented in Darwin, 22 November 1996 / by Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara, 1948-
    [ Book : 1996-1998 ]
    At 6 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.52)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.52)

  5. The failure of Aboriginal children in New South Wales schools : is preschool education the solution? / Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara, 1948-
    [ Thesis : 1973 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.985)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.985)

Resources about Barbara Cummings (1)

  1. Talking history / Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara, 1948-
    [ Book : 1997 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.367)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.367)

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  1. [Biographical cuttings on Barbara Cummings, author and activist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Utah Holiday
    Barbara Cummings
    [ Unpublished : 1972 ]
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  3. Richard J. Cummings Papers
    Richard J. Cummings
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  1. A killing in retrospect / by Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara
    [ Book : 2009-2010 ]
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  2. Dam the rivers, damn the people : development and resistance in Amazonian Brazil / by Barbara J. Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara J
    [ Book : 1990 ]
    At 30 libraries
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  3. A killing on church grounds / Barbara Cummings
    Cummings, Barbara
    [ Book : 2006 ]
    At 7 libraries
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    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.364)

  4. A killing in retrospect : a Sister Mary Agnes mystery / Barbara Cummings
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    [ Book : 2009 ]
    At 4 libraries
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  1. Dark water / Caro Ramsay ; narrated by James Macpherson
    Judt, Tony
    [ Audio book : 1997-2011 ]
    At Coburg Library
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.256)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.256)

  2. No night is too long / Barbara Vine
    Vine, Barbara, 1930-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1994-1997 ]
    At 50 libraries
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    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.235)

  3. Ulysses / James Joyce
    Joyce, James, 1882-1941
    [ Book, Audio book, Sound : 1900-2010 ]
    Languages: English, Irish, German, [13 others]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 132 libraries
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.227)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.227)

  4. A woman of substance / Barbara Taylor Bradford
    Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1979-2009 ]
    Languages: English, Undetermined
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 57 libraries
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.193)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.193)

  1. Talking history. -Barbara Cummings, author of Take This Child, talks about her own experiences as an Aboriginal child separated from her family.-
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    Our Land Is Our Life: Land Rights: Past, Present and Future
    [ Article : 1997 ]
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  2. La Divina commedia
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    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 1472-2010 ]
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    At 161 libraries
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  3. Horace Hall Cummings family papers
    Cummings, Horace Hall, 1858-1937.
    [ Article : 1865 ]
    Languages: English.
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  4. Talking with artists / compiled and edited by Pat Cummings
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  1. Family Notices
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Tuesday 14 September 1948 p 8 Family Notices
    ... husband of Gwen Cum ming, and loving father of Ruth, Marjorie and Yvonne. Mrs. Cumming's present address is 50 Railway Parade, Murrumbeena, -JS.E. 9, Victoria. PEARTON.-On September 12, . 1948, ... well. WITT.-On September 6, 1948, at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Launceston, to Mr. and Mrs. Ii. C. ... 440 words
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  2. The Argus Junior TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1948 IS 13 YOUR LUCKY NUMBER?
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 7 September 1948 Supplement: The Argus Super Comic p 2 Article
    ... Glen Iris; Barbara Bladon. Caulfield; Geoffrey Cox, Miners Best; Norma Cummings, Newport; Keith ... The Argus Junior JiuuVl I TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1948 IS 13 YOUR LUCKY EDITOR HULLO, BOYS AND GIRLS: This week I have to distribute £ 10 in prizes, given by Columbia Pictures for colouring a scene ... 515 words
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  3. Family Notices
    Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Thursday 1 September 1949 p 11 Family Notices
    ... ENGAGEMENTS The engagement is announced of Barbara Dawn, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. ... G. Brown, 22 Jackson St., Mowbray, to Maxwell, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cummings, Hillside Cres., ... passed away Septem Septem - ber 1, 1948. The passing years can never change, Our thoughts of you so ... 647 words
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