Media Type: Collections

King Adgery and Family c. 1890
January 8, 2026

Rene Davidson Collection

Rene Davidson’s 1988 book, a compliation of photographs titled Whalemen of Twofold Bay contains a section on Aboriginal whalers and includes the…

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November 12, 2025

Penny Jones Collection

From 1990 to 2017, Penny Jones photographed First Nations families in Wallaga Lake and Bermagui. These images were donated to Bega Valley…

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John Ford Collection

Merimbula photographer John Ford took hundreds of photos in the 1970s and 1980s of the Wallaga Lake Koori Village. These were donated…

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Photograph of Arthur Ashby, unknown photographer, ca. early 1900s, Eden Killer Whale Museum collection.

Eden Killer Whale Museum collection

Located on the shores of Twofold Bay, the Eden Killer Whale Museum holds a nationally significant collection that explores a range of…

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Detail from McPaul Collection tool

Bega Valley Historical Society collection

The Bega Valley Historical Society holds a small collection of nine locally crafted wooden hand tools known as the McPaul collection. These…

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Bermagui Historical Society collection

Bermagui Historical Society and Museum have a digital collection of over 11,000 professional scanned photographs and records, where searches can be made…

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November 6, 2025

South Australian Museum Collection

The South Australian museum contains a series of journal, maps, photographs and other archival material related to First Nations groups around Australia…

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Moruya and District Historical Society collection

The Moruya and District Historical Society holds a portrait of Percy Davis, whose tribal name was Narramurrao, and who was one of…

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October 3, 2025

Dawn Collection

Dawn was a magazine for the NSW Aboriginal Protection Board issued monthly between 1952 to 1969 to the Aboriginal people of NSW….

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October 1, 2025

New Dawn Collection

New Dawn was a magazine for the NSW Aboriginal Protection Board issued monthly between 1970 and 1975 to the Aboriginal people of…

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Welcome to the Yuin Digital Keeping Place. This website is intended to record and share information on events and people that have impacted on Yuin history, language and lifestyle. Over the coming years, we will include an even wider and richer collection of stories from Yuin Families.